Butkevych enlisted in the Ukrainian military following Russia's full-scale invasion and was captured in Luhansk Oblast in June 2022. Russian occupation authorities "sentenced" him to 13 years on trumped-up charges without any legal grounds, human rights groups said.
Traffic on the Kerch Bridge, which links the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula, has halted once again after explosions rocked central Crimea near the settlement of Oktiabrske, according to several Russian Telegram channels on July 22.
Russian occupation authorities in the occupied territories of southern Ukraine have informed parents that if they do not obtain Russian passports, their children will be banned from enrolling in school, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on June 27.