‘When He Walks By, Shoot Him’: Ukrainian Armed Forces Intercepted Russian Occupiers’ Conversation About Shooting a Civilian in Kupiansk. In a published radio intercept, one Russian occupier orders another, with the call sign ‘Michael,’ to kill a civilian man in Kupiansk when he passes by. The radio intercept was published by the 10th Army Corps….
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Comment of the MFA of Ukraine On the Illegal Sentence to Ukrainian POWs in Russia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine resolutely protests the illegal and politically motivated verdict issued by the Southern District Military Court of the Russian Federation on October 17, 2025, against 15 prisoners of war, soldiers of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion “Aidar”. The Russian “court” sentenced the Ukrainian defenders to lengthy terms of imprisonment—from…
Crime in Ukraine in the Light of the Police Statistics for 9 months 2025
In 2022, the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies registered 362636 crimes with corresponding criminal proceedings where the above-mentioned numbers reflect both criminal proceedings with concrete suspects and so-called ‘factual’ criminal proceedings (with no concrete suspects). It should be noted that the number of registered crimes even for the period of ten months of 2022 almost reached…
The Swedish Ministry of Defense Called on the West to Go Into War Mode
The West must go into war mode. This was announced today, October 19, by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonson. “In order to preserve this peace, we must be prepared for the likelihood of war, both morally and militarily. A change in mentality is needed: we must go into war mode for decisive deterrence, defense and…
Police break up ring trafficking Kenyans to fight for Russia in Ukraine
More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine, police said. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials,…
The Security Service of Ukraine Arrested Another Former Guard of the Russian Torture Chamber That Operated During the Occupation of Kherson
The Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man in Kherson who collaborated with the Russian occupation administration and guarded a torture chamber. According to the investigation, in the summer of 2022 the man took a job at the so-called penal enforcement department, which was set up in the building of the seized pre-trial detention center…
Maryna Demura: Russia Has Withdrawn from the European Convention Against Torture: What Are the Consequences?
On 17 September 2025, the Russian State Duma passed a law denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and on 29 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law. From that moment on, Russia effectively ceased to be a party to this Council of Europe document….
Dmytro Yagunov, Yurii Kanikaiev: The Impact of War on Legal Profession: The Problem of Holding Elections
The most difficult challenge faced by the Ukrainian legal profession during the war is the problem of ending the usurpation of power, renewing the leadership of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA) and holding elections for self-governing bodies of the legal profession, such as regional bar councils and qualification and disciplinary bodies. In Ukraine, Regional…
Kremlin Begins the Information and Psychological Phase of the Campaign to Prepare for a Possible Future war Between NATO and Russia
The Russian Federation’s ongoing diversionary activities in Europe, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), capable of gathering intelligence, indicate that the Kremlin has already begun the information and psychological phase of its campaign to prepare for a possible future war between NATO and Russia. This is according to…
All-Ukrainian Conference on the Search for Persons Was Held in Dnipro
An All-Ukrainian conference on the search for persons missing under special circumstances was held in Dnipro. The aim of the conference was to summarise the annual work of the Interregional Centres for the Search for Persons Missing under Special Circumstances, as well as to discuss the practical results of cooperation between law enforcement, government and…