The international press freedom organization, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called for the immediate release of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko, who was kidnapped by Russian forces in the temporarily occupied Melitopol three years ago, on May 6, 2023
On April 30, 2026, researchers, lawyers, and human rights defenders gathered in Kyiv for the Civil Society and Expert Day of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
Small drones can be manufactured for 100 USD, operated in real time with pinpoint accuracy, and controlled until the moment of impact. The operator sees everything. Yet civilian casualties from these weapons are rising, not falling. This is the paradox that struck Vitalii Poberezhnyi, a researcher at the Truth Hounds, co-author of a study on the use of drones against civilians in Southern Ukraine, when he began documenting such attacks along the Dnipro River.
On Saturday, May 2, two people were killed and two more were injured in Zaporizhia district as a result of Russian airstrikes, including a 7-year-old child.
In the occupied Crimean peninsula, the Russian administration continues to increase its ideological influence on children. This time, schoolchildren were massively involved in the so-called “Victory Dictation.”