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December 6, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Russian Attacks on Energy Grid Threaten Civilians

Leveraging Civilian Harm as a Tactic of War; Millions Without Electricity, Water, Heat

Doctors operate with phone flashlights during a power outage in Kyiv. Numerous missile and drone attacks in October and November have deprived millions of Ukrainians of at least temporary access to electricity, water, heat, and related vital services. Kyiv, November 30, 2022.
October 26, 2022 Dispatches

Russia Uses Facial Recognition to Hunt Down Draft Evaders

Moscow Police Detain Draftees, Peaceful Protest Participants

Facial recognition payment gates at Smolenskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia.
October 20, 2022 Commentary

Russian Police are Torturing Anti-War Activists

Those standing up to the war report horrific instances of abuse at the hands of the authorities

October 19, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees

Survivors Describe Beatings, Electric Shocks, Waterboarding

“Boghdan” said soldiers forced him into the “parrot position” at least once. He said that in one instance the metal pipe was unable to carry his weight; when soldiers lifted him up, the pipe bent and broke.
October 4, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Three Men’s Bodies Found in Forest

Four Months After Men Were Detained, Tortured by Russia-Linked Forces

Russian-affiliated forces detained and tortured men in a cellar behind these houses that they occupied during March and April in Kapytolivka village, Kharkiv region. September 28, 2022.
September 30, 2022 Dispatches

Fictitious Annexation Follows 'Voting' at Gunpoint

Sham Vote in Occupied Regions of Ukraine Provides No Legal Basis for Russian Annexation

A Russian officer guards a polling station in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia.
September 21, 2022 Commentary

Finally, a Better U.S. War Crimes Bill. Now What?

Justice is having a moment.

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.
September 1, 2022 News Release

Forcible Transfer of Ukrainians to Russia

Punitive, Abusive Screening of Fleeing Civilians

A woman and two children sitting inside a bus
September 1, 2022 Witness

Witness: Forced Transfers and the Perilous Journeys that Brought Ukrainians to Russia

A soldier stands in front of civilians
August 25, 2022 News Release

Growing Civilian Toll from Russian Cluster Munition Attacks

Global Report Tracks New Use, Production of Widely Rejected Weapon

Remnants of dozens of Smerch and Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service from Kharkiv in April 2022.
August 16, 2022 Witness

Russian Strike on Kharkiv is Ukrainian Family’s Tragedy

More Than 5,000 Civilians Killed Since Russia’s Invasion in February

The location of a projectile that detonated in the middle of a populated neighborhood in Kharkiv city, one of at least six, on May 26, that killed Oleksandra Korostelova’s husband, their 4-month-old son, and another civilian, May 27, 2022.
August 16, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Unlawful Russian Attacks in Kharkiv

Russian Forces Use Widely Banned Cluster Munitions, Damage Hospitals

Наслідки удару, що залишилися на землі після детонації вибухового боєприпасу (одного з щонайменше десяти в цьому районі) навпроти харківського пологового будинку №1, після обстрілу Харкова 23 травня, який завдав шкоди лікарні, 27 травня 2022 року
July 22, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South

Apparent War Crimes by Russian Forces in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Regions

Russian servicemen on the roadside in Kherson region, Ukraine. © 2022 Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
July 21, 2022 Report

Russian, Ukrainian Bases Endangering Civilians

Basing Forces in Populated Areas Creates Unnecessary Risk 

An abandoned Russian armored vehicle parked next to a home in Yahidne village, April 17, 2022. 
July 14, 2022 Report

Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians

Detainees Unlawfully Transferred to Russia, Possibly Held as Hostages

A pre-trial detention center in Russia.

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