Author: Alla Hurska/Eurasia Daily Monitor

Since 2014, more than one million Ukrainian children have fallen under Russian occupation and control. According to Ukrainian sources, over 19,000 children have been kidnapped and taken to Russian territory during this period (Radiosvoboda.org, January 8; Saveukraineua.org, accessed February 19). In 2023 alone, a total of 2,442 abducted children, primarily from Mariupol and Lysychansk, were...

On June 6, a humanitarian and ecological disaster was triggered when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in Ukraine was destroyed – most likely the work of Russian forces in the area (New Voice of Ukraine, June 6). Ukrainian hydropower operator Ukrhydroenerho reported that, as of June 8, water levels in the reservoir had dropped...

On February 24, without officially declaring war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Dpsu.gov.ua, February 24). The aggressor attacked Ukraine by land, air and sea. But alongside those military operations, Russia continued to wage its warfare in the cyber and information domains. The Kremlin’s hackers have been targeting Ukraine for years (see Eurasia Daily...