Articles

08 October 2022

Who attacked the Mykolaiv Region Administration building?

On 29 March 2022, ahead of advancing Russian forces in south Ukraine, 37 people died when a missile struck the Regional Administration building in the city of Mykolaiv (pop. 486,000). The Truth Hounds investigated the attack.
07 October 2022

T4P Member Organization Awarded 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

The Center for Civil Liberties becomes Ukraine's first-ever Nobel laureate.
27 September 2022

Russia needs sham 'referendums' on occupied territory to forcibly mobilize Ukrainians as cannon fodder

Russia is to hold pseudo ‘referendums’ in the occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions this weekend, with the plan clearly to swiftly declare them all ‘part of the Russian Federation’.
26 September 2022

Firearms attacks during the Russo-Ukrainian war

Among Ukrainian civilians shot and killed by Russia’s soldiers the majority, 135 people, died while attempting to leave occupied or contested territory.
23 September 2022

How to hold Russia accountable for environmental crimes at sea: An overview of the Convention on Maritime Law

Russia’s shells and mines threaten not only civilian targets: they are also harming the ecology of the Black and Azov Seas.
22 September 2022

The War in Ukraine and Crimes Against the Environment: Conference resolutions

In early July, a conference was held in West Ukraine concerning “The impact of military operations in Ukraine on the environment and human rights: a challenge to humanity” (4−6 July 2022).
16 September 2022

Vovchansk Engineering Works: Dungeons on the Chechen Model

On Sunday, 11 September, Vovchansk was one of dozens of towns and villages liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A month ago, Iryna Skachko described the use to which its largest factory was put during months of enemy occupation.
30 August 2022

Necessary conditions

Political terror and repression in Russia made war against Ukraine possible, says Alexander Cherkasov, board chairman of “Memorial”.
18 August 2022

Missing and Detained Individuals in the Kharkiv Region: An analytical review, 24 February to 23 June 2022

Analysing open sources and interviewing witnesses the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has recorded the disappearance of 590 individuals.
18 August 2022

Disappearances in the Zaporizhzhia Region, 24 February to 18 June 2022

Amongst the missing, 40% were local politicians, public activists or journalists.
17 August 2022

Missing persons and enforced disappearances in the Kherson Region, 24 February to 24 June 2022

Some of the most numerous cases of civilian disappearances and unlawful detention occurred in the Kherson Region. A total of 412 victims were recorded during the four months following Russia's invasion.
14 May 2022

The Mariupol Moses. He led 117 people out of the besieged city on foot

Oleksiy Symonov, 44, is a charismatic sports host. His communication skills helped him, he says, to lead all of his companions out of their shelter “through the asphalt deserts” to safety.
03 April 2022

Oksana Stomina: ‘This is medieval cruelty boosted by modern technology and driven by the sick ambitions of a madman’

A Mariupol poet and public activist, Oksana Stomina lives today in western Ukraine. Her story records the plight of many.