In Sevastopol, Crimea, the local Russian occupation administration is holding an exhibition displaying items stolen from the Kamiana Mohyla (Stone Grave) historical and archeological reserve located near Melitopol (in the Russian-occupied part of Zapor…
‘They’ll kill me if I come back’: Abduction, torture become routine in Russian-occupied MelitopolIn a rare glimpse, the Kyiv Independent talked to some who escaped Russian-occupied Melitopol and learned what’s happening behind the curtain of Russia’s o…
‘Torturing people is fun for them.’ 16-year-old Ukrainian recalls his 3 months in Russian captivityIn early April, an unremarkable civilian car drove slowly toward a Russian checkpoint in the occupied town of Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It had pass…
On Friday evening, there was a loud explosion in Melitopol.
Source: Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol; RIA Novosti, the Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet
Details: According to Fedorov, the explosion was “so powerful that the eastern and northern…
The so-called “deputy minister” of Housing and Utilities appointed by the invaders has been wounded in an explosion in occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast; he has been taken to the hospital with mine-blast injuries.
Source: TASS, Kremlin-aligned Ru…
A “strong, single explosion” was heard in the center of Russian-occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, exiled Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported[1] on Telegram early in the morning of May 12. Fedorov said that further details of the explosion would…
A loud explosion rang out in the centre of temporarily occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the morning of 12 May.
Source: Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol, on Telegram; city’s occupation administration on Telegram
Quote: “A loud single explosi…
Yevhen Balytskyi, collaborator and protégé of the Russian Federation in Zaporizhia Oblast, has announced the attempt on the “head of the court of Zaporizhia Oblast” in occupied Melitopol, as a result of which two bodyguards of the “judge” were allegedl…
The Ukrainian troops realise that they will have to circumvent the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) during the counteroffensive in order to avoid damaging it.
Source: Petro Kotin, Head of the Ukrainian National Nuclear Energy Generating Company …
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported[1] on May 10 that it identified three individuals from Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast who set up a torture chamber during the occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast.According to the SBU, the three individuals jo…