News from Ukraine and Ukrainians
> News from Ukraine Bulletin 26 (27 December 2022)
> A Digest of News from Ukrainian Sources – also attached as a
PDF
>
> News from the territories occupied by Russia:
> Russia demolishes Mariupol Drama Theatre to try to blame Ukraine for its most heinous war crime (
https://khpg.org/en/1608811579) (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 27th)
> Four Russian invaders sentenced to 11 years for torturing hostages in Kharkiv oblast (
https://khpg.org/en/1608811581) (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 27th)
> Family of eight shot dead in occupied Makiivka, the youngest was 1 year old (
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/27/7382521/) (Ukrainska Pravda, December 27th)
> Occupiers forbid residents of Hornostaivka to leave their homes for 10 days – General Staff (
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/24/7382235/) (Ukrainska Pravda, December 24th)
> Brutal torment of young Mariupol woman imprisoned at Olenivka ‘concentration camp’ and in Russia (
https://khpg.org/en/1608811568) (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 23rd)
> Two Italian journalists and their interpreter targeted by Russia forces in Kherson (
https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/end-impunity-2022/article/ukraine-two-italian-journalists-and-their-interpreter-targeted-by-russia-forces-in-kherson.html) (International Federation of Journalists, December 22nd)
> Mass grave of Russian-killed people found in Kherson Oblast (
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/21/7381707/) (Ukrainska Pravda, December 21st)
> Ukraine: Russians Pillage Kherson Cultural Institutions (
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/20/ukraine-russians-pillage-kherson-cultural-institutions) (Human Rights Watch, December 20th)
> Terror by family against Crimean Tatars in Russian-occupied Crimea (
https://khpg.org/en/1608811555) (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 20th)
> Prison in Kherson: locals often heard screams coming from within (
https://t4pua.org/en/1324) (Tribunal for Putin, December 20th)
> Ukrainian civic journalist was ‘voluntarily’ abducted, asphyxiated and beaten by Russian
FSB (
https://khpg.org/en/1608811550) (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 19th)
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https://khpg.org/en/1608811498#blank
> News from Ukraine – general:
> The
KVPU humanitarian mission visited Chernihiv Oblast (
https://kvpu.org.ua/en/news/5673-the-kvpu-humanitarian-mission-visited-chernihiv-oblast) (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, December 26th)
> Ukrainians believe in return of all occupied territories, do not want to concede anything for sake of victory – survey (
https://zmina.ua/en/event-en/ukrainians-believe-in-return-of-all-occupied-territories-do-not-want-to-concede-anything-for-sake-of-victory-survey/) (Zmina, December 23rd)
> Ukraine’s largest Orthodox church accused of collaborating with Russia (
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-orthodox-church-moscow-patriarchate-collaboration/) (OpenDemocracy, December 20th)
> Ukrainian union works throughout the war (
https://www.industriall-union.org/profile-ukrainian-union-works-throughout-the-war) (Industriall Union, December 20th)
> Proceedings against volunteers: Prosecutor General’s Office pledges cooperation with civil society in this matter (
https://zmina.ua/en/event-en/proceedings-against-volunteers-prosecutor-generals-office-pledges-cooperation-with-civil-society-in-this-matter/) (Zmina, December 20th)
> Ukrainian employers use the war as pretext to cancel workers’ rights (
https://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article65067) (Europe Solidaire, December 16th)
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> Analysis and comment:
> Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine and its rationale (
https://ukrainian-studies.ca/2022/12/23/russias-special-military-operation-in-ukraine-and-its-rationale/) (David Marples, Forum for Ukrainian Studies, December 23rd)
> Punishment for collaborationism: proposals from human rights defenders (
https://zmina.ua/en/event-en/punishment-for-collaborationism-proposals-from-human-rights-defenders/) (Zmina, December 23rd)
> From Street Protests to Circle Activism (
https://posle.media/language/en/from-street-protests-to-circle-activism/) (Posle (Russian socialist journal), December 22nd)
> The resistance movement is being built on a scorched field. Conversation with
DOXA, oppositional Russian media (
https://commons.com.ua/en/intervyu-s-oppozicionnym-rossijskim-izdaniem-doxa/) (Spil’ne (Commons) socialist journal, December 20th)
> How Putin could yet boost domestic support for the Ukraine war (
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-war-western-arms-supplies-putin-claims-world-status-nato/) (OpenDemocracy, December 16th)
> “Meet Vera Petrovna! She is a cannibal.” 10 Russian anti-war poems (
https://theins.ru/en/society/257950) (The Insider, December 17th)
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> International solidarity:
> Labour Movement Aid Delivered to Ukrainian Resistance (
https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2022/12/22/labour-movement-aid-delivered-to-ukrainian-resistance/) (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, December 22nd)
> Their Anti-Imperialism and Ours (
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fyLHYo0ZlHc2lQuuIBbAiqkeUqB6Lr5wnYg1pejMuig/edit) (Ukrainian Socialist Solidarity Campaign, December 16th), also here (
https://linktr.ee/ukrainesocialistsolidaritycpgn?lt_utm_source=lt_sharelink#275549581)
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