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Ukrainians under occupation don't have a real choice whether to stay or to leave

Some names have been changed to protect the identities of those featured in the story As a war crimes researcher at the Reckoning Project, my job was to listen to Ukrainians who had fled the occupation. What they had to say reshaped how I understand life in Russian-occupied territories. Simplistic outside judgments about people living under occupation often feel deeply unfair to Ukrainians who escaped it. From a safe distance, it is easy to say, "Why didn't they stay and resist?" or "Why didn'

A man stands on the roof of a house damaged during an overnight Russian attack in Kherson, Ukraine, on October 30, 2023.

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The Supreme Court is Ukraine's highest judicial authority, established in its current form in 2017 as part of comprehensive judicial reforms. The court consists of approximately 200 judges organized into specialized chambers including administrative, civil, criminal, and economic cases, with headquarters in Kyiv.

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