Russia will effectively ban Ukrainian-language education in schools in occupied Ukraine starting on September 1, setting multigenerational conditions that will allow the Kremlin to claim that occupied...

Ukrainians living under occupation have long faced pressure to assume Russian citizenship. But in March, Vladimir Putin turned things up a notch. In a decree aimed at boosting the Kremlin’s campaign t...

Over the next five years, the Russian authorities plan to build and repair more than 600 miles of roads in annexed Crimea. But it’s unlikely the goal is simply to improve life for locals. Experts and…

From July 2024, nearly 150 civilians have been killed and hundreds more wounded in drone strikes on Kherson city and 16 surrounding localities, according to the United Nation's Independent Internation...

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This page collects ISW's Russian Occupation Updates. The occupation updates examine Russian efforts to consolidate administrative control of annexed areas and forcibly integrate Ukrainian citizens in...

Around the world, abducting a child is a serious crime punishable by years behind bars. But when the kidnapper is Russia, justice remains a distant hope. So does the child’s return home. Since the s...

Russia is extracting economic benefits from occupied Ukraine by exploiting Ukrainian infrastructure and logistics networks. The Russian Federal Agency for Railway Transport (Roszheldor) announced on A...

Crimea is not just a lump of land, it is the home to many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians under occupation.

This page collects ISW's Russian Occupation Updates. The occupation updates will examine Russian efforts to consolidate administrative control of annexed areas and forcibly integrate Ukrainian citize...

В День защиты детей стартовал проект «Университетские смены». Первыми ребят из Луганской Народной Республики примут Донской государственный технический университет и Тамбовский государственный университет им. Г.Р. Державина. Всего в этом году к проекту присоединятся более 90 вузов из 8 федеральных округов страны, их площадки посетят свыше 12 тыс. детей в возрасте от 14 до 17 лет.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of...

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Data show that Russia, despite its pledge for peace, has increased attacks in a bid to force concessions from Kyiv

The Russian “Helping Ours” Foundation facilitated the deportation of 39 Ukrainian children from occupied Luhansk Oblast to a Russian government-controlled medical facility in Moscow Oblast in late Mar...

Highlighting key military, political, and humanitarian developments in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied and recently liberated territories.