Through a pro-russian youth movement operating in the occupied territories, the Kremlin is recruiting Ukrainian students, including minors, to intern at a factory in russia that assembles Iranian kamikaze drones used against Ukraine.
A petition calling on the Ukrainian government to help lift the U. S. ban on arms supplies to the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade has received more than 25,000 votes, enough support to continue consideration.
Russian occupation forces are building and expanding a military base with new defensive structures near the captured city of Berdiansk in Donetsk region, according to satellite photos and a report from the mayor's advisor in Mariupol.
The Russian occupiers came up with a scheme to transfer ownership of the Avdiivka Coke Plant, one of the largest coke plants in Europe, to a Russian "investor" in order to legalize the theft.
ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigative reporting exposing the lavish gifts and free trips that billionaires have given to Supreme Court justices over the years. The Pulitzer Prize also honors work in journalism in 15 different categories. This year there is a special award for journalists covering the war between Israel and Hamas.
On May 6, one person died and four others were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region.
A teacher at a Kyiv school verbally abused and threatened a displaced child, calling her a "separatist. " The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights took the case under her personal control and demanded an impartial investigation of the teacher's discriminatory actions.
Russian servicemen of the 38th separate motorized rifle brigade opened "friendly fire" at each other while drinking alcohol on Easter near Pologi, resulting in 5 occupants sustaining gunshot wounds, two of them in serious condition.
Russians are looting scrap metal from the destroyed coke plant in captured Avdiivka and taking it to the port of Mariupol to make money.
Russia plans to hold a draft in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region for the first time since its illegal annexation in September 2022, but the effect is likely to be limited because a large part of the population has left the region.
Yesterday, on May 4, three people were killed and two others were wounded by Russian shelling in Donetsk region.
Three people were killed and seven wounded in Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling on May 3.
A series of explosions occurred in occupied Mariupol, and an explosion and subsequent fire occurred in occupied Berdiansk.
Biden instructed U. S. intelligence to share data on threats from China and Russia with the private sector and international partners to strengthen the security of critical U.S. infrastructure.
In occupied Mariupol, Ukraine, there were explosions and smoke near the Russian base, which prompted the occupation forces to redeploy and intensify inspections.
Two more residents of Donetsk region died as a result of Russian shelling on April 30 in Novooleksandrivka and Kalynove.
The russians organized an exhibition of destroyed trams from Mariupol as "entertainment," distorting the history of the occupation and destruction of the Ukrainian city.
Ukraine is creating a third combat brigade, the Gart, of the State Border Guard Service to strengthen defense forces on its eastern borders, in addition to the existing Steel Frontier and Revenge brigades.
A number of personnel changes are being prepared in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the possible dismissal or imprisonment of the Gauleiter, as the Kremlin is redistributing influence due to Putin's renewal of power.
The Russians dismantled one of the oldest educational institutions in Mariupol, the Mariupol Collegiate School No. 1, which survived two World Wars. They did this to destroy evidence of their shelling of civilian objects and to rewrite the history of Mariupol.
The new rail line being built by the Russian occupiers near occupied Mariupol will be within reach of Ukrainian troops, given the military assistance Ukraine will receive from its partners, making it vulnerable to attack.
Two residents of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, were wounded by Russian army shelling on April 27, bringing the total number of casualties in the region since the start of the full-scale invasion to 1,938 killed and 4,845 wounded.
Loud explosions were heard in Russian-occupied Mariupol. The city council suggested that the Russian Armed Forces were likely responsible for the shelling of civilians, based on information from local publics.
Five civilians were killed and eight injured as a result of Russian shelling in Donetsk region on April 25.
British intelligence believes that the detention of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Tvanov on bribery charges indicates a serious scandal in the Russian defense ministry.
Four more residents of Donetsk region were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested for high treason after the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine gained access to his confidential information through a cyberattack.
Several explosions occurred at the Russian occupants' base in the village of Babakh Tarama near Mariupol, injuring and killing seven soldiers.
The Russian army continues to send reinforcements to the north of Donetsk region through Mariupol.
Another seven residents of Donetsk region were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day.
