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Russian forces have frequently attacked the distribution of humanitarian aid and evacuation convoys, seizing the aid and the transport sent to evacuate civilians.

A State that neglects the human rights of its citizens inevitably becomes a threat to peace.

“My entire 20-year experience of fighting for freedom and human rights has convinced me that people exercise a far greater influence that they ever realise. All our achievements are down to them”. Speech at a press conference about the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

The aim of Russia’s war against Ukraine is to destroy the Ukrainian State and those who resist the aggressor. This genocidal intention has been implemented differently in various parts of the country. This abridged article concerns the city of Mariupol.

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.

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

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’.

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

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

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).

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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