August 2025 Analytics: Digest of Documentation of Russian War Crimes Against Civilians

We have published an analytical digest for August 2025. During the month, we documented 18 new cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty of civilians; a total of 408 people in the database. Testimony confirms systemic torture and inhumane treatment by the Russian occupation forces. Read the key findings and support the team's work.
What's inside: geography of cases (Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, etc.), statuses of detainees, types of violations under the Rome Statute.

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June 18, 2025

Analytical review of the activities of the NGO “ Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin ” regarding the documentation of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation against the civilian population in Ukraine in May 2025

Since 2022, the Association's documenters have identified and interviewed 509 witnesses of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and other international crimes against the civilian population, including shelling of civilian infrastructure, appropriation of private property by the occupiers, and unlawful deprivation of liberty. As of May 31, 2025, information has been established and documented on 355 civilians who were illegally deprived of their personal liberty as a result of the Russian Federation's aggression, 20 of whom were identified during the documentation of testimonies in April 2025.

April 30, 2025

Analytical review of the activities of the NGO “Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin” on documenting Russian war crimes against civilians in Ukraine in April 2025

Since 2022, the Association's documenters have identified and interviewed 489 witnesses to enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and other international crimes against civilians, including shelling of civilian infrastructure, appropriation of private property by the occupiers, and illegal deprivation of liberty. As of April 30, 2025, information on 335 civilians who were illegally deprived of their personal liberty as a result of Russian aggression was identified and documented, including 13 people identified during the documentation of testimonies in April 2025.