occupied territories

Putin hails illegal annexation of Crimea after claiming election win

World
David Turner

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hailed the “return” of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the illegal ...

SpaceX denies selling Starlink to Russia amid accusations of smuggling, Ukraine takes action

World
David Turner

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has initiated measures to counter the use of smuggled Starlink terminals by the Russian military on the ...

Inside occupied Ukraine’s most effective resistance movements

World
David Turner

Acts of resistance come in many shapes and sizes. From a colored ribbon tied to a tree or a flag raised over ...

Russian supply lines disrupted after strike on Russian warship, slowing supply of pilfered UA grain

World
David Turner

Ukraine’s successful strike of Russia’s large Novocherkassk landing ship in the Feodosia port looks to have caused some logistics problems for the ...

Top collaborator in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced to 15 years in jail in absentia

World
David Turner

Denis Pushilin, the head of the Russian illegal occupation administration in Donetsk Oblast, was found guilty of undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity and ...

Three more Ukrainian kids abducted by Russia reunited with their families

World
David Turner

Three more Ukrainian children have been returned from the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine and from Russia with the mediation of Qatar, Ukrainian ...

How American citizens lead rise of ‘settler violence’ on Palestinian lands

Politics
Amanda Smith

Washington’s ban on travel to the US by extremist Jewish settlers who attack Palestinians in the West Bank has one gaping loophole. ...

How Russia coerces students in occupied territories to sing Russian anthem – Amnesty International

World
David Turner

School-aged children in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are seeing significant violations of their right to education, said Anna Wright, a researcher for ...

Russians confiscating abandoned Ukrainian homes in occupied territories

World
David Turner

Russian occupation “administrations” in the occupied territories of Ukraine are conducting inspections of abandoned Ukrainian homes as part of their preparations for ...