19 March, 2025
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been waging a war that goes beyond the military battlefield: it directly targets the identity and memory of the Ukrainian people. By systematically bombing civilian and cultural infrastructure, it violates international humanitarian law and commits war crimes, for which those responsible will have to be held accountable in court.
Destroying a museum, a library, or a theater is an attempt to erase a country's history and culture. Russia’s aggression is not limited to strategic or military infrastructure; it also targets places that embody Ukraine’s intellectual and artistic richness.The Mariupol Theater, bombed by the Russian army on March 16, 2022. ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP
According to UNESCO, 485 cultural s...
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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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