Publications
GHANNA MAMONOVA, BABEL
The Russians bombed a care home in Sumy. Older people were separated and evacuated — memories, pictures and a bit of romance remained
The guided aerial bomb hit the care home on September 19 at about half past four in the evening. The workers were already going home, the residents of the boarding house were resting. The air raid alert was declared a few hours before — they even forgot to think about it.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, THE CHOSUN ILBO
"There is a strong possibility that the North Korean forces will operate together with the Russian 11th Airborne Brigade, composed of Mongolian soldiers."
North Korean soldiers are undergoing combat training, probably as part of the Russian 11th Airborne Brigade. We believe that it is extremely important to convey this information to South Korea so that they understand: this is not only about Ukraine, but about the future threat to the whole of East Asia.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, RADIO NV
Ukraine in the US elections, Musk as an oligarch and who hates Kamala
This stream covers the topic of Ukraine in the U.S. presidential elections, candidate ratings, analysts' predictions on the results, and Elon Musk's role in Trump's election campaign.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, RADIO NV
There is a lot of anxiety in the US. Trump's rallies have been compared to Nazi rallies
This stream covers the secret part of Ukraine's victory plan, the rallies of Trump, Harris and JD Vance in Pennsylvania and Michigan and the influence of American oligarchs on the elections.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, THE GUARDIAN
Ukrainians ask what I’m hearing about our country on the US campaign trail. The truth? We’re all but forgotten
The anxiety of the American elections is felt more strongly in Kyiv among Ukrainian officials and civil society leaders because Ukraine has become a partisan issue, and part of US domestic politics. These groups have been trying for years to be on good terms with both Democrats and Republicans in the US.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, SUSPILNE NEWS
"November 5th Doesn’t Mark the End of Either Ukrainian or American History."
Report by Nataliya Gumenyuk from the U.S.
On November 5, the U.S. holds its presidential election. Neither of the two main candidates—Donald Trump and Kamala Harris—holds a clear advantage, and the election is unfolding against the backdrop of inflation in the United States driven by economic growth, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a possible U.S. shift toward isolationism, and a polarized American society.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, RADIO NV
If Trump Wins, Orban Becomes the Most Influential in the EU
A look into Trump’s domestic policy directions, a potential U.S. exit from NATO, the Ukrainian community in America, and the reasons why our diaspora dislikes the Democrats and votes for Trump.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, RADIO NV
Women Will Lead Kamala to the White House. Who Will Lead Trump There?
An analysis of the U.S. economy, immigration issues, and women's reproductive rights—key topics that will determine the winner in the U.S. presidential election.
THE RECKONING PROJECT
LEGAL TEAM
Propaganda, Impunity, Destruction, and Nothing but Recurrence: Russia’s Violations of International Law in Chechnya, Syria, and Ukraine
A Report by The Reckoning Project to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence Regarding the Russian Federation.
SVITLANA OSLAVSKA, CODA
A Day In The Life Of A Russian War Crimes Prosecutor In Ukraine
The Reckoning Project works to record, collect, and conserve witness testimonies of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. Investigating these atrocities while the war is ongoing forces the Ukrainian prosecutors to work under shelling; at times becoming victims of Russian aggression themselves
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
LB.UA
Journalist Nataliyaka Gumenyuk: "Conversation with narratives can be harmful"
About the importance of documenting Russian war crimes, the fatigue of the international media on this topic, and the effectiveness of Russian narratives abroad.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
WIM.ORG.UA
"I am sure that women in Ukraine are paid less than men." Interview with journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk
About how TRP and PJIL projects work, what is the difficulty of recording war crimes, and how the war affects the lack of personnel in Ukrainian editorial offices.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Ukraine on the Offensive
How Kyiv’s Attack on Russia—and Successful Defense of Its Northern Flank—Has Changed the War.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, OLGA CHYZH, SERGEY RADCHENKO AND ANDREY KURKOV, THE GUARDIAN
On Ukraine’s third independence day at war, what does the future hold for its people? Our panel’s verdict
The Kursk offensive and Putin’s hubris give the country hope. But Ukrainians are under no illusion that peace will come soon.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE GUARDIAN
Will there be elections? Is it OK to throw parties? War unity hasn’t stopped heated political debate in Ukraine
There are many topics up for healthy debate at the moment — yet we remain united against the Russian enemy
GHANNA MAMONOVA,
NEW LINES MAGAZINE
Ukrainian Ecologists Document What They Say Is Russian Ecocide
Prosecutors, ecologists and scientists are investigating Moscow's attack on the Kakhovka Dam.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
FOREIGN POLICY
Inside Ukraine’s Fight for Hearts and Minds
ORF TOPOS
Umweltschutz unter Lebensgefahr
Vertreter lokaler Behörden und der UNO sowie von NGOs und Teams von Investigativjournalistinnen und -journalisten untersuchen die Folgen der Sprengung des Kachowka-Staudammes vor über einem Jahr im ukrainischen Cherson. Aus strafrechtlichen Gründen, und weil es gilt, die richtigen Maßnahmen zu setzen. Erste Ergebnisse lassen eine Umweltkatastrophe vermuten. Die Arbeit der Ermittler ist lebensgefährlich. Das Reckoning Project, eine ukrainische Redaktion als Kooperationspartner von ORF Topos, hat an Ort und Stelle recherchiert.
GHANNA MAMONOVA, ANGELINA KARIAKINA
Doctors in Kyiv: Shielding children from Russian missile fragments
ANGELINA KARIAKINA,
BANGKOK POST
Ukraine hospitals are targets of war
'I'm not hurt! I'm alive!" I hear my father's agitated voice over the phone. The day is July 8, when 38 Russian missiles attacked Ukraine. Several of them hit Kyiv residential areas.
HANNA MAMONOVOVÁ,
AKTUALNE.CZ
Pohroma přišla za úsvitu. Měl jsem jen pár hodin, líčí Ukrajinec zkázu obří přehrady
Před rokem zničila série silných výbuchů vodní elektrárnu Kachovka na jihu Ukrajiny, jednu z největších v Evropě. Během osmi hodin voda zaplavila více než osmdesát osad na obou březích Dněpru a v pasti zůstalo přes sto tisíc lidí. Hladina stoupla až o deset metrů. Deník Aktuálně.cz publikuje velkou reportáž ukrajinské novinářky o následcích této tragédie.
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RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
Eco-inspectors Document Ecocide Following the Destruction of the Kakhovka HPP Dam
The film "Big Water" focuses on the employees of the Kherson Region State Environmental Service, who collect evidence daily to confirm Russia's crimes in Ukraine. Together with the Office of the Prosecutor General, they are proving that Russia committed ecocide by destroying the Kakhovka Reservoir dam.
NATALIA GUMENYUK, OLHA AYVAZOVSKA,
OPORA
The War in Ukraine Viewed as a US-Russia Conflict – Natalia Humeniuk | Power of Choice
Discussing the importance of documenting Russian war crimes, international media fatigue on the topic, and the effectiveness of Russian narratives abroad. Additionally, how Ukraine should engage with Global South countries, why the post-colonial war narrative is ineffective there, and why a Ukrainian filed a lawsuit against Russia in an Argentine court over torture.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
VERGARA 240
Nataliya Gumenyuk, documentalista de la guerra en Ucrania: “Todos somos ciudadanos con un blanco en la espalda”
De visita en Chile, la periodista conversó con V240 sobre la grave situación de su país y la experiencia documentando los crímenes de guerra cometidos contra la población durante los dos años de conflicto. “Esto no es solo trabajo, es nuestra vida, y se puede acabar en cualquier momento”, dice.
NATALIA GUMENYUK,
LB.UA
"It’s important for people to voice and document their stories. Even if real aggressor punishment doesn't follow."
During the discussion panel "Crime and Justice: How to Hold the Aggressor Accountable?" the founder of the project collecting testimonies of Russian war crimes in Ukraine shared details about a Ukrainian's lawsuit against Russian torturers filed in an Argentine court. She explained the significance of this for the world and Ukraine in establishing justice.
ANGELINA KARIAKINA, AKTUALNE.CZ
Co se to děje na frontě? Zelenskyj by měl být upřímnější, míní ukrajinská reportérka
Prezident Volodymyr Zelenskyj je stále nejpopulárnější ukrajinský politik, ale i na něj nyní doléhá kritika. Přední kyjevská novinářka Angelina Karjakinová v rozhovoru pro Aktuálně.cz říká, že by měl být otevřenější.
NATALIA HUMENYUK,
BBC NEWS UKRAINE
"They Can Feel Our Pain." Natalia Humeniuk on Bringing the Case Against Russians to Argentina
On April 16, The Reckoning Project filed the first criminal lawsuit for torture allegations in Russian-occupied Ukraine in a federal court in Argentina. The plaintiff, whose name is withheld for safety reasons, filed the lawsuit in Buenos Aires with the support of the project's lawyers and journalists. This discussion covers the specifics of the lawsuit and the challenges faced by Ukrainian journalists during the war.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
DIARIO UNO
Nataliya Gumenyuk, la ucraniana que vino a Mendoza a contar los horrores de la guerra
Gumenyuk, junto a reporteros, sobrevivientes y abogados, fundaron The Reckoning Project, una iniciativa dedicada a recopilar testimonios sobre violaciones de derechos humanos en la guerra Ucrania-Rusia y su presentación en tribunales de todo el mundo. En abril, presentó una demanda por violación de derechos humanos ante la justicia Argentina. Sobre la vida cotidiana del pueblo ucraniano que está en la zona de conflicto, la situación de quienes pasan sus días en cautiverio, sometidos al hambre, torturas, electrocuciones y quemaduras y la visión que tiene sobre la guerra, dialogó en exclusiva con Diario UNO.
OLENA BOHDANYOK, SUSPILNE
Torture in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories: The Reckoning Project Files a Lawsuit in Argentina
On April 15, the initiative of Ukrainian and international journalists and lawyers for documenting war crimes, The Reckoning Project, along with a Ukrainian citizen victim present in Buenos Aires, filed a criminal lawsuit in Argentina's Federal Court. This is the first lawsuit in history filed by Ukraine regarding torture by Russian occupiers, brought to a court in Argentina.
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OKSANA KOVALENKO, BABEL
A Lawsuit Filed in Argentina Against Russians Who Tortured a Ukrainian. Why There?
On April 15, 2024, the non-governmental organization The Reckoning Project filed a lawsuit in an Argentine court on behalf of a Ukrainian who was tortured by Russian military forces during the occupation. This is the first lawsuit in history regarding torture filed specifically in Argentina. The name of the victim and even the location where the crime was committed by the Russians are not disclosed. The lawyers are asking the court to investigate the torture as a war crime and a crime against humanity.
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OLGA GOLOVINA, INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING
Argentina to Consider Ukrainian Case
The Reckoning Project (TRP), an initiative of Ukrainian and international journalists and lawyers documenting war crimes – which IWPR supported for its first year of operation - has filed a criminal lawsuit with the Federal Court of Argentina on April 15 together with a Ukrainian civilian tortured by Russian forces. His name is currently withheld for security reasons.
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ADAM JOURDAN AND STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG,
REUTERS
Exclusive: Ukraine man's torture case against Russians seeks justice in Argentina
A Ukrainian man who alleges he was tortured by Russian occupying forces has filed a legal complaint halfway around the world in Argentina, an unusual bid to seek accountability for alleged war crimes at a time when prosecutors in Kyiv are overwhelmed.
MARTINA JAUREGUY,
BUENOS AIRES HERALD
‘Any society can return to its crimes if the narrative changes’: Nataliya Gumenyuk
The Ukrainian conflict reporter and filmmaker on her country’s parallels with dictatorship-era Argentina, shared human experiences of survival, and how to avoid repeating the past
ANDREA BONZO,
INFOBAE
Nataliya Gumenyuk, periodista ucraniana: “La ocupación rusa es la violencia por la violencia, por eso no podrá sostenerse”
La cofundadora de The Reckoning Project habló con Infobae sobre la denuncia por tortura presentada contra las tropas de Putin por un ciudadano ucraniano en Argentina.
PETER POMERANTSEV,
TIME
Russia’s War Against Evangelicals
After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith. “When did you become a Baptist? When did you become an American spy?”
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Brave New Ukraine
SVITLANA OSLAVSKA,
INFOBAE
Viaje al horror: un día con una fiscal que investiga los crímenes de guerra de Rusia en Ucrania
Viktoriia Shapovalova es la encargada de investigar los delitos del ejército ruso en Mykolaiv. El desafío de romper el silencio de las víctimas y determinar la identidad de los secuestradores y torturadores.
GHANNA MAMONOVA,
VANITY FAIR
Russia Runs a Hidden Prison System for Ukrainian Detainees—In Crimea
Human rights monitors claim that occupation forces engage in torture and prolonged captivity in a sprawling penal network.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE ATLANTIC
A Looming Disaster At The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
At the facility, occupied by Russia for the past two years, employees describe a regime of torture and abuse—and a growing threat of disaster.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS,
THE DAILY MAIL
Inside Putin's torture chambers: Fingers crushed with pliers, knees beaten with hammers, electrocutions and prisoners forced to dig trenches until they drop dead. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS'S chilling report from Ukraine
After Putin fixed another sham election to further cement his status as a modern tsar, a UN report has revealed that he is every bit as bloodthirsty as many of his predecessors.
BY SABRA AYRES, LAURA KING
LOS ANGELES TIMES
In war-torn Ukraine, a woman searches for her husband. Will she find him?
‘Sometimes I wonder if I find his body, will it make me feel better?’ Against war’s grim backdrop, one Ukrainian woman’s haunting quest.
KRISTINA BERDYNSKYKH
CLARÍN
Historias de cautiverio y resistencia en la Ucrania ocupada por el Kremlin
Las tropas de Rusia toman edificios en ciudades ucranianas ocupadas. Varios de ellos se convirtieron en centros de detención y torturas.
BY NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE GUARDIAN
Restaurants bustle, new bookshops open, the air raid app goes off. This is our defiant reality in Kyiv
Two years after the full-scale invasion, most Ukrainians are pretending to live normal lives. But the fact the capital stays intact is purely the product of its air defences, which are the best in Ukraine. To imagine what could happen otherwise, one only has to visit Kharkiv, where the historic downtown has been partially destroyed and some suburbs have been wiped out.
BY NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
CHOSUN
The soccer field where Beyonce performed was turned into a military base. You can never give up your freedom
The 24th marked two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine fought well in the initial battle, defying expectations that Russia would occupy the entire country within a few weeks, but failed to achieve any notable results in last year's counteroffensive, leading to a stalemate in the war.
BY NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
bERLINGSKE
Hun samler vidneberetninger om russiske overgreb i Ukraine: »Forbrydelser har gerningsmænd, som må drages til ansvar«
"Hvis vi indleder retssager, mens krigen er i gang, gør vi det klart over for forbryderne, at der bliver holdt øje med dem, og at de ikke kan skjule deres gerninger"
FRANCE 24
Russian war crimes in Ukraine: The quest for justice
Two years after Russia's full-scale invasion began, around a fifth of Ukrainian territory remains under Russian occupation – a repressive regime where arbitrary detentions, beatings and torture are the norm. Victims and activists want to ensure that such war crimes don't go unpunished; Ukrainian courts have already tried some perpetrators, and other cases are ongoing.
BY NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
NYT
Putin Is Making His Plans Brutally Clear
In 2023 there were more than 6,000 air alerts in Ukraine. Last month alone, Russia launched some 624 drones carrying explosives, according to official sources. On Dec. 29, more than 120 Russian missiles and drones targeted towns across the country, killing 44 people. It was the deadliest attack on civilians in Kyiv since the beginning of the war. In all of December, there was just one night without an attack.
ДАР'Я ЯНУШКЕВИЧ, ДЕНИС ШАПОШНІКОВ,
СУСПІЛЬНЕ
"Якби ми тільки знали": через пів року після ракетного удару по Чернігову родина Торіїв розповіла про свою втрату
72-річна пенсіонерка Любов Самусенко отримала третю групу інвалідності й готується до протезування, а її онука Тетяна Торія проходить реабілітацію в Києві. У серпні 2023 року родина повертаючись з церкви у свято Преображення Господнього потрапила під ракетний удар по драмтеатру в Чернігові.
BY ANGELINA KARIAKINA, ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZHENYA OLIINYK, NYT
Three Stories of Pregnancy
and Birth in Ukraine
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE GUARDIAN
Yes, tiredness is ravaging the Ukrainian soldiers I meet. But they never think of giving up
We in Ukraine always knew this would be a long war. To sustain the fight, Zelenskiy must find a way to give those on the frontline a break
АНГЕЛІНА КАРЯКІНА,
УКРАЇНСЬКА ПРАВДА
"Якби я їх відпустив, а процес зірвався – я б застрелився" – суддя Дячук про справу Небесної сотні
18 жовтня Святошинський районний суд Києва виніс вирок у справі розстрілів 48 та поранення 80 людей на Майдані 20 лютого 2014-го року. Суд тривав понад 8 років
ГАННА МАМОНОВА,
БАБЕЛЬ
Що відбувалося в Грозі перед тим, як туди влучила російська ракета. І як брати Мамони, яких СБУ вважає навідниками, стали колаборантами
Мешканці села Гроза продовжують ховати рідних, які загинули під час поминального обіду за військовим Андрієм Козирем у сільському кафе «Супутник». Пʼятого жовтня туди влучила російська ракета «Іскандер» і вбила 59 людей, в тому числі восьмирічного хлопчика.
LIFE IN WAR,
ORF TOPOS
Mit Russen „kein Handschlag“
Europäische Institutionen versuchen nach wie vor, ukrainische Kulturschaffende mit ihrer russischen Kollegenschaft zusammenzubringen, im Sinne eines Dialogs und gemeinsamer Bemühungen um den Frieden. Die meisten Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer boykottieren solche Initiativen jedoch.
OLEKSIY RADYNSKI,
THE ATLANTIC
WHAT WERE THE RUSSIANS DOING IN CHORNOBYL?
Shortly after invading Ukraine, Russian forces took over the site of the world’s most devastating nuclear accident. Not for the first time, Chornobyl became a strategic nightmare.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS, SVITLANA OSLAVSKA
DAILY MAIL
Sashko, 12, heard the words every Ukrainian dreads – 'you will go to filtration', a pathway to deportation, imprisonment or even DEATH
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SIAN NORIS
THE LEAD
No stone unturned: the women investigating Russia's war crimes
From a Nobel laureate to young journalists, Ukrainian women are documenting Russia's war crimes in exhaustive, exhausting detail - aiming to set a new bar for holding perpetrators accountable.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK, OLENA NIZHELSKA
NEW LINES MAGAZINE
Survivors detail how a Russian missile strike disrupted the evacuation of civilians from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Kramatorsk railway station that suffered one of Russia’s bloodiest attacks of the war on Ukrainian civilians.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
War Makes the State
JANINE DI JIOVANNI,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Russia’s Smoking Guns
SABRA AYRES AND NADIA BURDEI,
VANITY FAIR
Russia Attacked a Ukrainian Shopping Mall With a Missile. The War Hasn’t Been the Same Since
A year ago this week, an assault on a Kremenchuk mall was part of a series of air strikes targeting civilians. Ukraine's prosecutor general's office believes this could be ruled a crime against humanity.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
VANITY FAIR
How Ukraine Viewed Russia’s
Aborted Coup
From Kyiv, a Ukrainian journalist assesses how the Prigozhin insurrection could impact Putin—and the ongoing war.
SVITLANA OSLAVSKA,
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA
Hunters on rascists
ВІКТОРІЯ НОВІКОВА,
HROMADSKE
Викрадені кадети і
коледж-примара
У квітні 2022-го Херсонська державна морська академія евакуювалася до Одеси. У Херсоні ж росіяни розпочали власну вступну кампанію — до окупованого коледжу. Вдалося набрати близько 50 підлітків-херсонців. На початку жовтня 2022 року, перед самим контрнаступом ЗСУ, цих курсантів незаконно депортували до Криму
ВІКТОРІЯ НОВІКОВА,
УКРАЇНСЬКА ПРАВДА
Підліток відвертав увагу охоронця, щоб чоловік прослизнув повз
Анатолія Олександровича обманом вивезли з Маріуполя вглиб Росії. Його діти спланували операцію, щоб повернути батька.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE WASHINGTON POST
Ukrainians are rejoicing at victory — and awash in trauma and grief
Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive has liberated at least 3,400 square miles of territory, mostly in the northeast, and cut off Russian supply routes. But its real significance might go beyond the merely military. It has given hope to millions of Ukrainians.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE GUARDIAN
Putin is mobilising 300,000 more soldiers to fight his war. But Ukrainians feel hope, not fear
Some 300,000 more families will start to feel the war personally. The move also confirms that Russia will be unable to defend territories it has occupied without more personnel.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE THE NEW YORK TIMES
The World Now Has a Vision of Ukrainian Victory
The counteroffensive showed that the Ukrainian army is capable not just of defense but also of attack. This is a major change.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
THE GUARDIAN
Ukrainians are joyful as the Russian occupiers flee, but we must be wary of an ambush
In some places the enemy has abandoned positions, guns and even roubles. Elsewhere, resistance is fiercer.