An explosion occurred in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast around noon on Aug. 12, Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to the exiled mayor of occupied Mariupol, reported[1]. According to Andriushchenko, the explosion li…
Three women who were caught dancing to a Ukrainian song in Russian-occupied Crimea. Photo: screenshot from Krymsky Smersh Telegram
A Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea has fined three young women 15,000 roubles (approximately US$150) after the…
4 August, 2023 Kh-555 cruise missile in flight. Illustrative image
Russia shells Ukraine with Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles, which the official Kyiv handed over to Moscow for gas debts.
This became known in the course of the investigation by the…
Emir-Usein Kuku, a Crimean Tatar political prisoner held in a Russian penal colony, has received no medical advice following bowel surgery.
Source: the ZMINA human rights centre, citing Meriem Kuku, wife of the imprisoned human rights activist
Quote: “…
The Russians have said they suspended bus service between Crimea and the city of Henichesk, Kherson Oblast, which is under the control of the Russian occupiers, supposedly until 30 June.
Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet
Details: It i…
Ukrainian employees of a public institution in Russian-occupied Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, were told by Russian forces that only those who have registered at a Russian bank would be able to receive their salary in June, the General Staf…
Russian occupation authorities in Crimea have “nationalised” the apartment in Yalta that belongs to Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, and a number of other properties in the occupied peninsula.
Source: TASS; Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed “h…
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has claimed that it has uncovered several “agents” of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence who were allegedly preparing a series of terrorist attacks in Crimea, as well as an explosives supply network op…
Participants in the war in Ukraine from Yalta began to receive certificates for land plots in the Saki district, not on the Southern Coast of Crimea.
Source: Yanina Pavlenko, Head of Yalta occupation administration; Crimea Realities
Details: On 13 Apri…
A comprehensive security strategy is needed for the countries of the Black Sea region, and the Black Sea should become what the Baltic Sea has already become – a sea under the auspices of NATO.
Source: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the Black Sea s…