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Matthew Parish, international lawyer and ​editor-in-chief of an independent English-language newspaper The Lviv Gerald, traces the history of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: from the Soviet-era dissident movement to documenting war crimes, supporting torture survivors, and the T4P project.

“You killed my husband. You took my child. You took my home. Do you really want me to make any deals with you now?” This is how the woman answered the man who offered her cooperation while her daughter was being held captive.

In occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region, people have lived for months without reliable supplies of food, water, and medicine. To obtain provisions, residents risk their lives on mined roads while facing the threat of drone attacks.

Russia is increasingly targeting data centers — facilities that support the operations of service providers, websites, media outlets, and dozens of digital services. We explain whether such strikes could leave Ukrainians without internet access and where the line is drawn between a military target and civilian infrastructure.

Participants in the T4P Initiative discussed Bosnia and Herzegovina’s post-war and post-Srebrenica-genocide experience with Nedim Jahić—covering everything from documenting crimes and preserving evidence to legal proceedings, the search for the missing, memorialization, and work with public memory.

Ukrainians who have fled the occupied territories risk losing the housing they left there: Russia considers apartments and houses to be “abandoned” and turns control over to the occupation administrations.

During the years of full-scale war, Russia has repeatedly attacked shopping malls, stores, markets, warehouses, and distribution centers in various regions of Ukraine.

FPV drones have become a widespread tool of warfare, and civilians are increasingly becoming their targets. The onboard camera allows the operator to see the target in real time and adjust the flight path right up to the moment of impact.

A controversial verdict by a Czech court regarding a war crime committed in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict (a full-scale war).

A Finnish court verdict regarding war crimes committed in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict (war) serves as a significant benchmark for the administration of justice at the national level.

The document addresses the killing and wounding of media workers, unlawful detentions, the persecution of journalists, pressure on newsrooms, and the destruction of media infrastructure.

How Russia is targeting humanitarian infrastructure in Ukraine.

...For the fifth year in a row, Inna talks to her son every day, holding his photograph in front of her. She tells him about his younger brothers, asks him to hold on, and - most importantly! — survive.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has carried out at least 64 massive attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Meanwhile, as of June 23, 2026, the T4P initiative has documented 110,095 such crimes since the start of the full-scale invasion.

What actually happened during the attack on the Lavra, and how Russian propaganda distorted the event.

For the first time, the UN has included Russian armed forces and security structures in the so-called “list of shame” due to sexual violence linked to the war against Ukraine.

Over the years of full-scale war, hundreds of children have died, and thousands have been injured. This is not an accident, but the result of regular Russian attacks on civilians.

The Office of the Prosecutor General released these figures in May 2026. According to the agency, the incidents under investigation involve Ukrainian service members who were executed after surrendering.

The Russian military has transformed the “double-tap” tactic—repeated strikes on the same coordinates within a short time interval—into a systemic instrument of terror.

Russian forces are increasingly employing chemical weapons, prohibited under international law as a method of warfare.

In mid-May, the project, funded by the Swedish Institute (SI) and implemented by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group in partnership with the Swedish organization Östgruppen för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter, is coming to an end.

Cyberattacks have long been a part of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and their frequency increases every year. In 2025 alone, nearly 6,000 such attacks were recorded against Ukraine—a 37% increase compared to the previous year.

Natalia Povietkina is one of almost two thousand civilians effectively abducted since Russia's invasion of parts of Kherson oblast. Some have been tortured but then released. some were tortured to death and many are imprisoned on grotesque charges.