Within the framework of the 49th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, two thematic meetings of the Chamber of Regions were held, dedicated to the role of Ukrainian regions in countering the war and developing effective governance. The role of regional authorities in Ukraine in overcoming the…
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Crimes Against Peace, Security of Mankind and International Legal Order: Police Statistic for 9 Month2 2025
According to official data of the Office of General Prosecutor, as of 7 August 2022, the Ukrainian authorities were investigating almost 26 thousand criminal cases of suspected war crimes committed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In 2023, the number of war crimes increased 246 times as compared to 2021 (62128…
United Nations: Russian Drones Hunt Ukrainian Civilians
Russia has been using drones to chase and drop bombs on civilians who live near the frontline in Ukraine – hounding them out of their homes and forcing thousands to flee whole areas in a crime against humanity, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has found. In its report, the commission says…
Russia Has Passed a Law on Conscription for Military Service Throughout the Year
On 28 October, during a plenary session, members of the Russian Duma passed, in its third and final reading, a bill allowing conscription for military service throughout the calendar year, from 1 January to 31 December. During this period, military commissariats will be able to conduct medical examinations of conscripts, psychological selection and meetings of…
Crimes Committed With Firearms: Police Statistics for 9 Months 2025
While analysing crimes committed with firearms and corresponding crime statistics, it could be expected that crime rates resulting from illegal use of firearms would extremely rise after February 2022. Nevertheless, police statistics partly refute such a presumption. Yes, it is obvious that the number of crimes with weapons has seriously risen for the twelve months…
Crimes Committed by Russian Military Personnel During the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine (as of 26 October 2025)
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, investigators from the National Police of Ukraine have opened 170,028 criminal proceedings into crimes committed on Ukrainian territory by servicemen of the Russian Federation’s armed forces and their accomplices. Of these:
Ukraine: 663 Strikes on Populated Areas in the Zaporizhzhia region in 24 hours: Consequences Documented by the Police
On 25 October 2025, Russian occupiers used 414 UAVs (mostly FPV), carried out 5 air strikes and 238 artillery strikes, and fired 6 times from multiple launch rocket systems. The enemy shelled Yurkivka in Zaporizhzhia, Stepnogorsk, Plavni, Stepove in Vasylivka, as well as Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Bilohirya, Uspenivka, Chervone, Malynivka,…
Shelling of Kyiv on 26 October 2025: Ukraine’s National Police Keeps Documenting the Aftermath of the Shelling of the Capital
Two dead and thirteen injured: police continue to document the aftermath of the hostile shelling of the capital that took place on 26 October 2025. In addition to a 36-year-old man whose body was recovered from the rubble in the Desnianskyi district, a 58-year-old man was killed in the same district and was taken to…
Judge Oleksandr Garskiyy: ‘A Judge Must Know People,’ or About Justice and Offender Rehabilitation Through Books
Is judicial punishment a method of education? We talked about this with Oleksandr Garskyi, a judge of the Khadzhybeyskyi District Court of Odesa, who assigns reading a book as part of the punishment for criminals. Watch the full version of the interview and read the shortened version to learn more about justice, literature, the justice…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: In 2025, Russia Launched 770 Ballistic Missiles and 50 ‘Kinzhal’ Missiles at Ukraine.
From the beginning of 2025 to 25 October, Russia launched about 770 ballistic missiles and more than 50 ‘Kinzhal’ missiles at Ukraine. Direct quote from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “It is precisely because of such attacks that we are paying special attention to the Patriot systems, so that we can protect our cities from this horror….