Section: War crimes

      Latest Russian rocket attack damaged 9 power generation units in Ukraine
      Jan17

      Latest Russian rocket attack damaged 9 power generation units in Ukraine

      The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal noted on January 17, 2023, that as a result of a massive missile attack on the Ukrainian energy system on January 14, 2023, 9 units of thermal power plants, 3 main substations, and an overhead line were damaged. Source: The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal “The last massive Russian missile...

      Russian troops shelled 3 communities in the Kharkiv region, there are injured: photos
      Jan17

      Russian troops shelled 3 communities in the Kharkiv region, there are injured: photos

      The Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov noted that Russian military shelled the front-line settlements of the Kupyansk, Chuhuiv, and Kharkiv districts on January 16, 2023. As a result, 19 houses, a hospital, and a civil industry facility were damaged in the Kharkiv region. Source: The Head of the Kharkiv Regional...

      Russian soldiers shelled the Kherson region 102 times, there are killed and injured civilians
      Jan17

      Russian soldiers shelled the Kherson region 102 times, there are killed and injured civilians

      Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that the Russian army attacked the Kherson region 102 times on January 16, 2023, and shells hit the boarding school building, the hospital, and residential buildings. 1 civilian was killed and 2 injured. Source: Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson...

      Russian aggression has already killed more than 100 peaceful Ukrainians in 2023, – UN
      Jan17

      Russian aggression has already killed more than 100 peaceful Ukrainians in 2023, – UN

      The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted on January 16, 2023, that 104 Ukrainians were killed as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression in 2023. These are data for the period from January 1 to 15, 2023. Source: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)  During this time, 36 men, 21...

      Russian military shelled the Zaporizhzhia region 130 times, dozens of houses were destroyed: photos
      Jan17

      Russian military shelled the Zaporizhzhia region 130 times, dozens of houses were destroyed: photos

      Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration noted that Russian troops intensified actions aimed at terrorizing civilians. At night on January 16, 2023, Russian soldiers hit the Bilenke community with artillery. Source: Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration A report...

      Russia took at least 6,000 Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories to annexed Crimea
      Jan16

      Russia took at least 6,000 Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories to annexed Crimea

      Kateryna Rashevska, a lawyer of the Regional Center for Human Rights in Ukraine noted on January 16, 2023, that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian soldiers have taken at least six thousand children from the temporarily occupied territories of mainland Ukraine to the illegally-annexed Crimea (south of Ukraine). Source:...

      Russia shelled Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, 2 civilians were injured: photos
      Jan16

      Russia shelled Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, 2 civilians were injured: photos

      The press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine noted that two civilians were injured as a result of the Russian shelling of the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region (east of Ukraine) on January 16, 2023. Source: The press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military...

      Russian soldiers have killed 18 civilians in Ukraine and injured 34 on January 15, 2023
      Jan16

      Russian soldiers have killed 18 civilians in Ukraine and injured 34 on January 15, 2023

      The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko reported the data of regional military administrations concerning killed and injured Ukrainian civilians by Russian soldiers on January 15, 2023. Source: The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Russian...

      Russian troops looted or completely destroyed more than 30 museums in Ukraine
      Jan16

      Russian troops looted or completely destroyed more than 30 museums in Ukraine

      The looting of Ukrainian museums by Russian troops became the largest theft of art objects since the Second World War. According to the prosecutor’s office and the museums themselves, Russian soldiers looted or completely destroyed more than 30 museums in Kherson, Mariupol, Melitopol and other cities in Ukraine. Source: Alina Dotsenko,...

      Russians fired at the premises of the Red Cross and the children’s center in Kherson: photos, video
      Jan16

      Russians fired at the premises of the Red Cross and the children’s center in Kherson: photos, video

      The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko noted that Russian troops shelled a building, where representatives of the international organization Red Cross work in Kherson on January 15, 2023, as a result, a fire broke out. Source: The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko,...