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The Russians looted and mined the recreation center
Fazenda “Vynohrad” (the Grape Farm) is a recreation center located in the village of Ivanivka, Izyum district.
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The residential building became a symbol of the destroyed Northern Saltivka
On March 5, 2022, the Russians dropped an aerial bomb on the building, causing catastrophic damage to it.
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Russia destroyed the school in Kharkiv with “Shakhed”
On the night of August 1, 2023, Russia bombarded Kharkiv with “Shahed” drones. At least three drone strikes were recorded in the city.
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The Russians destroyed the school in Merefa
On March 17, 2022, at around 3:30 a.m., the Russians shelled the city of Merefa, Kharkiv district, with the artillery. That day they hit the local secondary school.
Fracture Exhibition Files
Fracture Exhibition in the European Parliament. The Kharkiv Experience in Brussels
The exhibition was on display in the European Parliament when the European Commission’s proposal for a €50 billion initiative to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation from 2024 to 2027 was discussed by members of the committees on Budgets and Foreign Affairs on August 30.
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In Izyum, the Russians killed about 50 people in one residential building
From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the city of Izyum suffered from Russian shelling. It was bombed, destroyed by artillery, tanks and mortars.
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The Russians destroyed the higher vocational college
On July 30, 2022, the Russians shelled the Slobidskiy district of Kharkiv. Around three o’clock in the morning, the occupiers fired three S-300 missiles at the Kharkiv higher vocational school No. 6.
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Undone by a Flower.
Remember these fields are our fields, they have always been our fields and they will always be our fields. We may perish but leave behind our seed in this fertile soil. Not negotiable. Inevitable. We will bloom here again.
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During the fighting for Kharkiv, the 134th school was destroyed
On February 27, 2022, it became a battlefield with the Russian invaders. The enemy tried to break through the defenses of Kharkiv.
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The Russian military heavily damaged the former merchant estate
During the full-scale invasion, the Russians badly damaged the historic center of Kharkiv. On March 14, 2022, a Russian missile hit the building of the Kharkiv dermatological and venereological dispensary on Blagovishchenska Street.
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The Russian military destroyed the museum in Verkhniy Saltiv
The historical and archaeological reserve “Verkhniy Saltiv” is one of dozens of Ukrainian museums that suffered during a full-scale invasion.
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The Russians shelled the Memorial to the Victims of Totalitarianism
In 2022, during the fighting for Kharkiv, the Russian military shelled the Memorial to the Victims of Totalitarianism in Lisopark.
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Matrona Timofijivna, born in Kursk
Матрона Тимофіївна бажає, щоб російські матері та сестри припинили відправляти своїх синів на безглузду війну, тому що їм не потрібно бачити їхню смерть.
English Articles
Mapping the Russian aggression against Ukraine: Damage to cultural heritage and environment
The results of the detailed mapping will help in the process of preparing for Ukraine’s post-war recovery and reconstruction and will fill the lack of coverage of these two important topics in war crimes research in Ukraine.
Russian War Crimes Documentation
Seryozha in Staryi Saltiv
Seryozha poses for a photo in front of an elementary school in the village of Staryi Saltiv in Kharkiv region. The village was captured immediately after the start of the Russian full-scale invasion in February 2022 and was liberated in May 2022.