Trial begins in Finland for Russian neo-Nazi fighter accused of committing war crimes in Ukraine
A Finnish court began trial on Dec. 5 for Yan Petrovsky, a Russian neo-Nazi mercenary, for war crimes he allegedly committed while leading a Russian neo-Nazi unit in eastern Ukraine between 2014 and 2015. Petrovsky is co-leader of Rusich, a Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary unit that has fought against Ukraine. He is accused by Ukraine, and […]
Russian general charged with chemical weapons crimes reported dead in Moscow explosion
Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces' radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, was reportedly killed in an explosion at a residence in Moscow the morning of Dec. 17, according to Russian media. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) on Dec. 16 […]
SBU behind killing of Russian general charged with chemical weapons crimes, source claims
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces' radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, was killed on Dec. 17 in an operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent. Kirillov and another […]
Moscow court sentences Ukrainian-born film producer to 8 and a half years in absentia for reporting on Russian war crimes
Moscow's Basmanny district court sentenced Ukrainian film producer Alexander Rodnyansky, on Oct. 21, to 8 and a half years in absentia for "spreading fake information" about the Russian Army. Rodnyansky worked in Russia for decades, and fled after Russia’s full-scale invasion started in 2022. The 63-year-old Oscar-nominated producer was accused of reporting on the shelling […]