Russia’s evolving tactics: coercing Ukrainian civilians—including children—into unknowingly carrying explosives, then remotely detonating the devices, killing both the couriers and the intended targets. The incidents are later portrayed by Russian state media as successful counter-terrorism operations, falsely blaming the victims as “saboteurs.” In March 2025, two teenagers in Ivano-Frankivsk region, aged 15 and 17, were

The body of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died while in Russian captivity, was discovered missing several internal organs — including her brain, eyes, and part of her trachea — according to an international investigation published by the Forbidden Stories network on April 29. The report, which involved over 40 journalists from 13 media outlets,