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Yuliia Abibok

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Enforced disappearances
Against the War? You Must Be Mentally Ill. Russia Intensifies Repressions within the Occupied Territories of Ukraine

In the first half of July, occupation courts sentenced at least 23 Ukrainian civilians, including a father and daughter from the Kherson region, and a couple from Luhansk whose 21 year-old son is also held in Russian captivity.

31 July 2025

Investigations
War Will Cover It All Up: Soldiers Accuse Commander Yurchuk of Abuses

Perhaps this article would never have been written if Ukraine’s law enforcement system — and especially the courts — were functioning properly. If there were effective mechanisms in place to protect the rights of servicepeople. If what happens within the Armed Forces were more transparent and clear at least to those directly involved.

30 July 2025

Enforced disappearances
The Russians Have Transferred a Spanish Volunteer Abducted in Kherson out of Crimea: 77-year-old Mario Has Gone Missing

The Russian military prosecutor’s office claims that Spanish volunteer Mariano Garcia Calatayud left Crimea for the Kherson region. Before that, he had been held for over a year in a detention center in Simferopol after being abducted in Kherson. The current whereabouts of the 77-year-old man, who suffered a heart attack while in captivity, remain unknown, and his relatives continue to search for him.

13 June 2025

Enforced disappearances
In Crimea, the Occupiers Forced a Pensioner from the Luhansk Region to “Repent” for pro-Ukrainian Inscriptions on Benches

Confession in front of the camera, as if during interrogation: in Crimea, 65-year-old Yevhen Nenko from the Luhansk region was publicly forced to “repent” for pro-Ukrainian graffiti. The man is just one example among dozens of Ukrainian civilians the Russian Federation detained or convicted in May under fabricated charges of espionage, extremism, or assisting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The scale of political repression is growing, and the human stories are becoming increasingly harrowing.

10 June 2025

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