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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.

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.