We tested several groups of Ukrainian and Russian human rights defenders with professional psychologists from Kharkiv University twenty years ago and confirmed that our hypothesis was correct.

The Russian-controlled militants who savagely tortured and gang raped Natalia Vlasova, and threatened to send a bomb to kill her small daughter, were not content until she screamed ‘loud enough’ ...

Chilling déjà vu as Russia uses Crimean SMERSH to hunt down supporters of Ukraine in occupied Crimea ‘Crimean SMERSH’, a repugnant Telegram channel involved in the hunting down of people who express ...

2.3. Information on the disappearance of civilians During three years of the full-scale war, the KHPG recorded 1,861 incidents related to the disappearance of civilians in the territory of the Kharkiv ...

The updated strategy not only treats any opposition to Russian occupation as ‘extremist’, but also makes it clear that Russia is waging its war against Ukrainian history, culture and identity ...

Moscow revives Stalin’s SMERSH to hunt down resistance in occupied Ukraine Moves appear to be underway in Russia to formally reinstate the notorious Stalin-era SMERSH ‘counterintelligence’ units, with ...

Russia sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to 5 years for criticizing Putin regime and war against Ukraine The current regime in Russia has reached new depths with the five-year sentence passed against ...

We explain whether going to the military registration and enlistment office (TTsK) is necessary and how it will issue call-up papers and register cars. And also, why the new law does not actually ...

Cities that Russia relentlessly bombed in 2022 remain in a dire state, with Russia having even stopped making the propaganda videos where they’d claim credit for renovations carried before the ...

Russia 'issues machine guns to maniacs' in return for killing Ukrainians Mediazona reports that over a thousand Russian citizens have been murdered or beaten to death by Russian soldiers since 2022, ...

Although there is now talk of a ‘trial’, there is nothing to suggest that the Russian FSB have even formally charged the journalist despite having held her prisoner since May 2023 ...

“There is no crime more terrible on occupied territory than identifying as Ukrainian", and if parents won’t be intimidated into rejecting Ukrainian language education for their children, they must be ...