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UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown said in a statement Monday that Russia’s “indiscriminate attacks” in the past week have left many civilians, including children, in south Ukraine injured and frustrated humanitarian efforts. According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia’s systematic shelling in Kherson and Odesa has allegedly killed seven people in Kherson and at least [...]

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced Monday that the Internal Security Agency arrested two Russians on espionage charges. The Internal Security Agency alleges that the Russians distributed Wagner Group propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw. The activities of the Russian defendants may have violated Article 130 § 1 of the Polish penal code, which states, “Anyone [...]

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin to help Ukraine with its ongoing Russian war crime investigations and assist the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a major policy reversal, as the Department of Defense (DOD) previously blocked cooperation with the ICC in relation to its [...]

Japan’s foreign minister voiced concerns over Iran’s uranium enrichment program on Monday in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, according to a press release from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The press release described the ministers as “exchanging frank views” over Iran’s “nuclear issue.” Japan’s foreign minister stated that Japan supports the ‘Joint Comprehensive Plan [...]

Russia passed a new law on Friday allowing courts to strip foreign owners from hostile countries of stakes in key Russian entities, in a purported attempt to protect strategic companies from foreign influence. According to the text, the purpose of the new law is to protect the rights of Russian citizens and entities, ensure national [...]

Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General announced Friday it would investigate whether recent Russian attacks on Odessa and other Black Sea ports constitute war crimes, according to a report from Reuters. The ports are major exporters of grain, a key food source for some of the world’s poorest countries. Russia attacked the ports despite co-signing [...]

The Conflict Observatory released a new report on Wednesday that found that Russia has promulgated a series of laws to accelerate the application process for Russian citizenship while simultaneously penalizing those who did not apply for citizenship in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. The report detailed how Russia’s forced “passportisation” involves two parts: de jure passportisation [...]

The world’s attention has been rightly focused on Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. But Russia is also fighting a war against Russian citizens who oppose the Ukraine war. In Russia’s war against its citizens, it is not using rockets as weapons but rather law and the legal system to suppress opposition to the war. By [...]

China escalated its regulations on drone exports Monday when the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a new policy aimed at controlling the export of specific drone components and technologies. The policy will officially take effect on September 1, 2023. The new regulations will target the export of specific drone engines, payloads, radio communication devices and [...]

The UK Government announced Monday that it has sanctioned six people involved in Russia’s sentencing of dual British-Russian national Vladimir Kara-Murza after his appeal was rejected. The government sanctioned three judges, two prosecutors and an “expert witness” over what it has called “politically motivated targeting.” Those sanctioned include: Moscow City Court Judges Vitaly Alexsandrovich Belitsky and [...]