200 packages of infusion equipment for Odesa – Interview with Valerio Krüger, Spokesman of the ISHR Board In March 2025, you were already in Ukraine on an aid mission, and now again in October 2025. What was the reason for this trip? How was the trip? Jens Leisenberg and Valerio Krüger © ISHR At dawn on September 29, we started with two vans in Cottbus. These were loaded
Oleksandr Irkha The 43-year-old tractor driver Oleksandr Irkha from Mariupol was abducted by Russian forces on April 12, 2022. He is currently unlawfully detained in Detention Center No. 5 in Rostov-on-Don. His health has severely deteriorated due to mistreatment. Case facts: Identity: Ukrainian civilian, illegally detained in the Luhansk region Date of birth: November 29, 1997 Last known location: City of Khrustalnyi (Krasnyi Luch), Luhansk region Abducted: August 18, 2022 Report: Oleksandr Irkha is
Serhii Cherniaiev The 57-year-old psychiatrist Serhii Cherniaiev from the Kherson region was abducted by the Russian FSB on May 16, 2023. He is still being unlawfully held in a penal colony in Horlivka. His health has deteriorated significantly during his detention. Case facts: Identity: Ukrainian psychiatrist Date of Birth: June 30, 1966 Abducted since: May 16, 2023 Last known location: Village of Nova Maiachka, Kherson region Report: Serhii Cherniaiev is
Kyrylo Moriev 27-year-old Kyrylo Moriev from Khrustalnyi was abducted by occupation forces, tortured, and sentenced to 19 years in prison on fabricated charges of “espionage.” He is currently held in a high-security penal colony in the Luhansk region. His health condition remains alarming. Case facts: Identity: Ukrainian civilian, illegally detained in the Luhansk region Date of birth: November 29, 1997 Last known location: City of Khrustalnyi (Krasnyi Luch), Luhansk region
Leonid Popov 24-year-old Leonid Popov from Melitopol was abducted by FSB officers for photographing Russian military equipment. After a fabricated trial, he was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment and later transferred to a detention center in Donetsk, where he remains unlawfully held. His fate and health condition are still unknown. Case Facts: Identity: Ukrainian civilian, unlawfully detained in Donetsk Date of birth: October 31, 2000 Last known location: Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia
Documentary about the Persecution of Christians in Occupied Territories This year, a documentary film about the persecution of Christians under Russian occupation in Ukraine was released. Titled “A Faith Under Siege,” the film by Ukrainian filmmaker Yaroslav Lodygin exposes how Ukrainian believers, especially Catholics and Protestants, are targeted by the occupiers. He and his team conclude that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin aims to control religious communities. Consequently, believers who invoke
The horror in my house - Russian occupied territories in Ukraine This documentary reveals the deepest human abysses, which are still unknown to many, but which we must not deny. Introduction "There is an old rule: Wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it belongs to us." So said the president of the world's largest country, Vladimir Putin, who has been charged with war crimes, on camera on 20 June 2025.
ISHR publishes comprehensive documentation on the human rights situation in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. Ukraine: Systematic torture and extensive Russification in occupied territories ISHR publishes comprehensive documentation on human rights situation in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine 24 September 2025 "There's an old rule: wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it's ours" The president of the largest country in the world, Vladimir Putin, accused of war crimes, said on
On the 2025 World Humanitarian Day (WHD), on 19 August, the United Nations in Ukraine and humanitarian partners join the global humanitarian community in honouring aid workers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty and in calling for stronger protection of civilians and humanitarian personnel. This year’s WHD comes at a critical moment for the humanitarian community. Globally, the humanitarian system is underfunded, overstretched and under
Caring for the injured, enabling rehabilitation, reintegrating traumatised people into their families and society. Ukraine IGFM member R.B., who together with the local organisation "Veterans" has been assisting war victims with permanent disabilities and their families - children, wives, elderly parents - as well as orphans and widows in Odessa for almost two months, reports on the consequences of the Russian tactics of attrition - pretending to be willing to
