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Local police announced Monday that an unknown person launched a grenade at a military recruitment office in the Ukrainian town of Busk, leading to an explosion. No injuries were reported. Police in the western Lviv region of Ukraine received a report Monday of explosives thrown by an unknown attacker into the side of the Territorial [...]

Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported via its Telegram broadcast channel that its forces captured the Ukrainian village of Urozhaine on Sunday. The village, located in the Donetsk region, was seized by Russian forces early in the February 2022 invasion but was liberated in August of last year, according to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar. “As [...]

Chinese and Russian naval forces began a joint exercise at a southern Chinese military port, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, Zhang Xiaogang, announced Friday. The annual “Maritime Joint-2024” exercise, agreed upon by both nations, is taking place near Zhanjiang until mid-July. Its stated objectives include demonstrating the partners’ ability to address maritime [...]

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday to take up a case against Russia for the strike on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital last week. The hospital is located in Kyiv and is the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine. It houses the only oncological laboratory in the country. Although [...]

A “people’s court” known as The Court of the Citizens of the World confirmed crimes against humanity and genocide charges against Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims and ethnic Tibetans. This tribunal, comprised of Former Ambassador for War Crimes Stephen Rapp, Former Madela appointee before the Constitutional Court of South Africa [...]

A Moscow court upheld the February sentence against Nobel Human Rights laureate Oleg Orlov on Thursday for criticizing the war in Ukraine and comparing the Russian justice system to Nazi Germany. Oleg Orlov is a Russian human rights activist and a co-chairman of the “Memorial” human rights center, recognized as a foreign agent in the [...]

Professor Andrew Clapham of the Geneva Graduate Institute is a leading expert in the interplay of war and international law. In his timely new book “War,” Clapham explores the modern relevance of the concept of war and how it shapes our understanding of rights and obligations in both national and international law, questioning whether the [...]

The missile attacks that hit Ukraine on Monday morning were likely caused by a direct hit from Russia, the head of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Danielle Bell, said on Tuesday. Although video footage was analyzed and an assessment was made at the site of the incident, further investigations are necessary. Bell stated [...]

A Russian military court on Monday convicted and sentenced a playwright and a director to 6 years in jail over a play that allegedly justifies terrorism. The judge found director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk, who had been in pre-trial detention since May 2023, guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian [...]

Russian missile attacks on Ukraine killed dozens of people, injured hundreds, and damaged the country’s largest children’s hospital, UN and Ukrainian officials announced Monday. A wave of deadly strikes occurred during the early hours of Monday morning. Numerous commercial and residential buildings along with vehicles in large cities including Dnipro, Kramatorsk, Kryviy Rih, Kyiv and [...]