19 March, 2025
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes, while others have found themselves trapped under Russian occupation.
Destruction, fear, and repression define the daily lives of those who remain. Living under occupation means not only the deprivation of fundamental freedoms but also the gradual erasure of Ukrainian identity.
In Russian-controlled territories—Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia—residents are under constant surveillance. Patrols roam the streets, checking identities and hunting down those who refuse to accept Russian rule. Repression is systematic: arbitrary arrests, disappearances, and torture. Some are killed, while others are exchanged after months of captivity.
The occupation also bring...
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18 March, 2025
In 2014, Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted following a popular uprising. Fearing the loss of its influence over Ukraine, Moscow sent troops into Crimea. A puppet government was installed, led by Sergey Aksyonov, the head of a minor pro-Russian party, who immediately called for the peninsula’s annexation by Russia.
A few days later, under military occupation and in an atmosphere of fear, a sham referendum was held with no international observers. The results, widely manipulated, claimed that 96.8% of voters supported joining Russia. This political spectacle was swiftly condemned by the UN, the European Union, and the United States, which never recognized the so-called vote and imposed sanctions on Crimean and Russian officials involved—freezing assets, issui...
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17 March, 2025
On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, for illegal deportation, forced transfer, and coerced adoption of Ukrainian children.
A symbol of this criminal policy, Maria Lvova-Belova herself adopted a Ukrainian teenager—kidnapped from his family—who was originally from Mariupol.Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in Russia on May 31, 2024 – Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via AP
Documented evidence shows that since 2014, Russia has orchestrated the forced relocation of Ukrainian children to its territory. Once torn from their homeland, these children are subjected to brainwashing, and their identity documents are altered to erase their origins.
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