The prison, named Izolyatsia, is managed by Russia’s Federal Security Services, Bellingcat’s lead investigator Christo Grozev said on the air of Ukrainian political talk show “Savik Shuster’s Freedom of Speech” on Nov. 12.
Most of Izolyatsiya’s inmates are Ukrainian civilians and military captives. They are tortured with electric shocks, beatings, mock executions and sexual abuse. Sometimes, inmates are killed.
Anastasiia Lapatina is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked in the same role at the Kyiv Post and has focused on politics and human rights in conflict zones and issues in Russia-occupied Crimea. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in Canada.
The United States is proposing security guarantees to Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv withdrawing its troops from parts of the Donbas still under Ukrainian control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters published on March 25.
The Russian delegation is headed by Vyacheslav Nikonov, deputy chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the grandson of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
About 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted amid Ukrainian drone strikes, pipeline damage, and tanker seizures, Reuters reported on March 25.
Ukraine’s battered energy sector will get help from U.S. companies as Kyiv rapidly prepares for the next heating season, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry announced on March 25 amid a Ukrainian delegation visit to the U.S.
Ukraine and the U.S. have confirmed Ukrainian defense tech startup Sine Engineering as the recipient of the first investment from a joint U.S.-Ukraine reconstruction fund, born out of last year’s famed and contentious minerals deal.
Oleksii Kharchenko, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, said Russia is trying to "severely limit" communication between family members separated because of the war.
Mayor Ihor Polishchuk said his resignation was "absolutely not related" to an investigation by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). He declined to elaborate on his reasons for stepping down.
The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post sits down with Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of TAF Industries, to discuss how his company went from wartime volunteer logistics to becoming one of Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturers.
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