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14/08/2026

👤 Faces of Resistance: Anniversary of Oksana Senezhuk's Detention

📌 Life before detention:

Oksana Senezhuk was born on October 27, 1966. She is a philologist by profession, she worked in the Sevastopol City Administration before the occupation of Crimea.

Oksana participated in the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. She received various awards for her professional activities and active civic stance.

After the occupation of Crimea, Oksana did not leave the peninsula. She continued to work, eventually becoming a chief specialist at the Research Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture. She had a job, a family, a home, and a life she had spent years building.

📌 Persecution:
And then the occupation knocked on the door of her own home. On August 14, 2024, what started as an ordinary day for Oksana ended with a search of her house. Russian security forces detained her in temporarily occupied Sevastopol and accused her of "high treason".

According to the occupation security forces, she allegedly transmitted photographs of Black Sea Fleet ships to Ukrainian intelligence.

The occupation "court" in Sevastopol sentenced Oksana Senezhuk to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.

📌Behind bars:

In July 2024, she was transferred to Women's Penal Colony No. 7 in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia almost 7,000 kilometers away from home. The woman’s health has seriously deteriorated. Due to constant distress, her elderly mother also fell ill and was hospitalized. The request not to send the woman far away because of her old relatives was completely ignored.

Today marks two years since Oksana's unlawful detention.
Two years without freedom. Two years since an ordinary morning at home for Oksana was replaced by prison bars and interrogations.

This unlawful sentence is yet another example of Russia persecuting Ukrainian citizens in temporarily occupied territories for their pro-Ukrainian views and activities.
Oksana must be released, and the unlawful sentence must be overturned.

12/08/2026

📌 Main News of the Week

🔶 On August 7, the Ukrainian military struck the Hvardiiske military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. Two aviation hangars were hit at once, where the Russians stored and launched Gerbera and Geran strike drones.

🔶 On August 9 and 10, Russian security forces raided the houses of Crimean Tatars in several settlements in northern Crimea, as well as conducted searches and detentions in one of the mosques on the southern coast of the peninsula.

🔶 The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has recognized the activities of the American Crimean Tatar Foundation, established in 2021 in New York, as undesirable. According to Russian security forces, the organization supports the Defense Forces of Ukraine by providing drones, protective equipment, generators, transport and means of communication.

🔶 The health of Crimean political prisoner Yevhen Shved has deteriorated, while the occupation forces charge him of so-called high treason. He is currently being held in pre-trial detention center №2 in Simferopol, where prolonged solitary confinement, as well as physical and psychological pressure, have caused him a skin disease.

📌 Crimes Committed by the Russian Federation

🔶 As of 12 August 2026, 316 people in occupied Crimea are subjected to politically motivated criminal prosecution, including 169 Crimean Tatars and 1 Karaite.

🔶 A resident of Alupka in Crimea, born in 1971, has been convicted for posting comments on Telegram that allegedly “justified terrorism” and “supported sabotage and terrorist activities”. The so-called court fined him 300,000 roubles and banned him from administering websites, forums, chat rooms and online groups for almost two years.

🔶 The Russian occupiers in Crimea have unlawfully detained jeweller Serhii Diachuk in the Simferopol pretrial detention centre on trumped-up charges of “high treason”. They have been concealing the fact of his detention for a long time. A lawyer from Sevastopol Amet Abultairov and his father-in-law Vitalii Shchurov were also convicted in a similar case of “high treason”.

🔶 In the temporarily occupied town of Skadovsk, a 50-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, allegedly on the orders of the Ukrainian security services. Russian security forces reportedly seized a radio-controlled homemade explosive device from him, disguised as a power bank.

📌 The use of occupied Crimea as a springboard for attacks on Ukraine and the militarization of the peninsula

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion and spread its armed aggression throughout Ukraine, occupied Crimea has been used by Russia as a military base for spreading aggression in various forms. From the peninsula, the occupiers continue to launch attacks on the territory of Ukraine, including on civilian infrastructure.

🔶 The Ukrainian Air Force reported that during the past week, the occupiers carried out another series of massive combined attacks on Ukrainian territory. In particular, they launched over 965 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas types, as well as Parody decoy drones, from various directions, including from the territory of occupied Crimea and the Black Sea. The enemy also launched a X-59/69 guided air-to-ground missile, an Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missile and 3 3M22 Zircon/P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles at Ukraine from Crimea and the Black Sea.

📌 The resistance movement of Ukrainian citizens in occupied Crimea

🔶 The Yellow Ribbon movement reported that the range of meat and dairy products is being reduced in shops in the village of Chornomorske due to prolonged power blackouts, which make it impossible to maintain the required storage conditions.

The full-scale invasion was marked by a sharp increase in acts of solidarity and resistance by residents of occupied Crimea against the Russian occupiers. Residents of the occupied territories are uniting in resistance movements such as “Yellow Ribbon”, “Zla Mavka”, and “ATESH”, or acting individually.

To suppress the resistance movement of local residents in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea after February 24, 2022, the occupation administration actively began to persecute and bring Ukrainian citizens to administrative liability under the article on the so-called discreditation of the Russian army.

📌 De-occupation of Crimea is an integral part of ending the war and restoring peace. Ukrainians are doing everything possible to stop the aggressor and protect the entire world from Russia’s criminal actions. Since this is not a local or regional problem, Russia’s aggression poses a threat to the entire world and the international order.

11/08/2026

⚡ Four Years of Imprisonment: Political Prisoner Vilen Temeryanov Remains Detained

📌 On this day four years ago, at 4:00 a.m., Russian law enforcement officers searched the residence of Vilen Temeryanov, a correspondent for the Crimean Solidarity human rights movement.

🔹 During the search, officers seized all of his devices, including mobile phones and laptops. At the time of his detention, Temeryanov was the primary caregiver for his youngest son, a six-year-old suffering from a severe heart condition.

🔹 On the same day, searches were also conducted at the homes of other Crimean Tatars. They were all subsequently accused of participation in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which Russia designated as "terrorist" and banned in 2003, and, following the occupation of Ukrainian territories, illegally extended its legislation to them. The main "evidence" in the case was an audio recording of their alleged conversation in a mosque in 2015.

📌 In 2025, the occupiers sentenced Vilen Temeryanov on fabricated charges of alleged "terrorism" and "violent seizure of power" to 14 years of imprisonment. At the same time, during the judicial review, the lawyers and defendants were not able to review the materials that the court sent for expert evaluation.

💭 “I am a Muslim and a journalist. Studying reality all these years, I have come to the conclusion that where there is an intent to commit terror through persecution, intimidation, and the destruction of families and peace among the people, there is no room for justice,” Temeryanov said in his final statement in court.

⛓️ Following his detention, Vilen Temeryanov’s health deteriorated due to inadequate detention conditions. In June of this year, he was transferred to a hospital to undergo surgery for the removal of a growth on his shoulder, but the operation was never carried out.

10/08/2026

🎥 Rory Finnin recorded a video message for Volodymyr Ananiev’s birthday.

📍The Founding Director of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and advocacy mentor to the oldest Crimean political prisoner held by the Kremlin congratulated Volodymyr Ananiev on his 77th birthday, emphasizing how vital it is to remember him and keep sharing his story.

This is the second birthday Volodymyr Ananiev spends in Russian captivity. Despite this, people continue to talk about him - both in Ukraine and beyond its borders.

🤝 We thank Rory Finnin for his support and solidarity with Volodymyr Ananiev.

We remember all those unlawfully detained by Russia. We will bring them home 🇺🇦

10/08/2026

⚡ Today, August 10, Crimean civil activist Volodymyr Ananiev turns 77. For the second year in a row, he spends his birthday behind bars in a Russian pre-trial detention center.

🔹 Ananiev is the oldest among the Ukrainian political prisoners unlawfully held by Russia in a case linked to temporarily occupied Crimea. He was detained on February 1, 2024, in Simferopol and accused of allegedly preparing a terrorist attack.

🔹 Volodymyr has serious health issues and requires continuous medical care, which he does not receive. Despite this, while in captivity, he continues to write, read, pray, and keep his spirits up.

💭 "I am maintaining my mental and physical strength. However, since there is nothing to read, I write and rhyme. I am training my memory and fingers, my resilience and patience," Ananiev writes.

His letter from the Russian pre-trial detention center is on the next slides.

09/08/2026

⚡️ Every year on August 9, the world celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This day was established during a session of the UN General Assembly back in 1994.

📌 There are three indigenous peoples in Ukraine – the Crimean Tatars, the Karaites, and the Krymchaks. Although these three peoples emerged during the same historical period, all of them have their own history, language, culture, and traditions.

🔹 For centuries, they have preserved their identity, passing it down from generation to generation, despite wars, deportations, persecution, and attempts to deprive them of their right to be themselves.

The Crimean Tatar Ornek, the Karaite spiritual heritage, and the unique culture of the Krymchaks are not only the heritage of indigenous peoples but also an integral part of Ukrainian and global cultural heritage. Crimea is truly rich with the diversity of traditions, languages, and the memory of generations.

🔸 Today, as Crimea remains temporarily occupied, the indigenous peoples are once again forced to fight for their rights, their culture, and the opportunity to live on their native land. Despite all the challenges, they continue to preserve their identity, their memory, and their faith in the future.

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we express our gratitude and support to the Crimean Tatars, the Karaites, and the Krymchaks. Their history, culture, and resilience are an integral part of Ukraine, and preserving their heritage is our shared responsibility.

07/08/2026

07/08/2026

👤 Face of Resistance: The Story of Political Prisoner Nasiba Saidova

📌 Life before the detention

Nasiba Saidova was born on October 25, 2006. She was in her final year at a teacher’s college and worked as a nursery teacher at a kindergarten in the village of Kholmivka, Bakhchisaray District. She got married shortly before her arrest.

Nasiba led an ordinary, peaceful life: she was pursuing her education, working with children, studying Arabic, and loved to draw. At 19, she was making plans for the future, which the Russian occupying authorities suddenly and brutally cut short.

📌 Persecution

Russian occupation security forces detained her on October 15, 2025, during mass raids on the homes of Crimean Tatar women.
After searching her home, she was unlawfully detained and accused of alleged involvement in the activities of the organization “Hizb ut-Tahrir.”
Her mother said that security forces planted banned literature during the search, which served as the basis for the fabricated charges. Nasiba became one of the first Crimean Tatar women to be prosecuted by Russia as part of the so-called “Hizb ut-Tahrir case.”

She is charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”. If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison.

📌 Behind bars

After her arrest, Nasiba Saidova was placed in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Simferopol, where she remains detained under inadequate conditions. The occupying “court” regularly extends her pretrial detention, depriving her of the opportunity to return to her family and her normal life.

The young woman was held in a damp and cold cell without heating or hot water, which caused her to fall ill. In January 2026, Nasiba lost consciousness in the detention center, but even after that, she did not receive proper medical care.

At 19, she was supposed to be finishing her studies, working with children, and living a regular life. Instead, she is forced to fight for her health and freedom behind bars.