Russia has seized a church in occupied Crimea belonging to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, media outlet Krym Realii reported[1] on May 11. Andrii Shchekun, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Krymska Svetlytsia, said that Russia had “broken dow…
Russian occupiers have seized the cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in the city of Simferopol.
Source: Krym.Realii (Crimea.Reality), a Radio Liberty project covering Crimea, citing editor-in-chief of Krymska Svitlytsia (Crimean Chamber)…
Russian authorities have cancelled parades on 9 May in at least 21 cities where they took place last year, including those in occupied Crimea.
Source: Russian outlet Verstka
Details: According to the publication, parades were cancelled “for security re…
Russian Telegram channels reported an explosion in Russian-occupied Crimea on May 2. The explosion reportedly occurred in a former training base for border guards near the village of Shkolnoye, a few kilometers from the Simferopol airport, accor…
Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, suggested that Ukraine may use unexpected methods of liberating Crimea from Russian occupation.
Source: Danilov in an interview with Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty)
Quote from Danil…
An explosion rocked the base of the Russian border guards near Simferopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Source: Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty)
Quote from Radio Liberty: “Russian Telegram channels shared reports that explosions were heard in Sevastopol on…
The Russian-controlled Kyiv District Court of Simferopol has sentenced Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet to 7 years of imprisonment for allegedly transferring 500 hryvnias to the volunteer battalion Crimea.
Source: Dmytro Lubinets, ombudsman for human right…
The Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Black Sea Fleet admitted for the first time that 75-year-old Spanish citizen Mariano García Calatayud was detained by “employees of the special services” and placed in a pre-trial detention centre.
Source…
The attack of Kherson on Saturday killed the wife and daughter of sports doctor Volodymyr Dudka, who worked for several football clubs.
Source: Kherson Oblast Football Association
Quote: “It is with deep sadness that we inform you that Volodymyr Dudka,…
Ukrainian human rights activists have reported that there are about a hundred places on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and in Russia where about a thousand civilian Ukrainians are being held.
Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing the Med…