The Occupation News Today

The Russian occupation authorities of Crimea have dismantled the dome of the Cathedral of Saints Volodymyr and Olha, Equal to the Apostles, of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in Simferopol. Source: Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets Details: The commissioner added that he received this information from Metropolitan Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea.

The United States told the UN's top court on Wednesday that Israel should not be legally forced to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territory without security guarantees."The court should not find that Israel is legally obligated to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from occupied territory," said Richard Visek, legal advisor at the US State Department.

Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories (TOT) are employing an information campaign designed to fabricate support for the occupation, the Center for National Resistance (CNR) reported on Dec. 5.

The Ombudsman's Office has managed to bring back two girls, aged 5 and 12, from the occupation to the territory controlled by Ukraine. Source: Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, on Telegram Quote: "The 5- and 12-year old sisters have been separated from their parents since the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Israel killed three Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians in surprise air strikes in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, drawing threats of reprisals from the faction and censure from Egypt, which has mediated past ceasefires in the enclave.

Ukraine will return to Crimea, the aggressor will lose and then peace will return to the world, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, speaking at the Iftar ceremony in Kyiv on Friday, a dinner held during the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims.

"What the occupation is doing in Gaza, including vicious attacks on civilians, deliberate shelling of residential areas and institutions, destruction of infrastructure, as well as the killing of women, elderly, and children, is organized state terrorism carried out by the Israeli occupation," he said via a video conference call, addressing an emergency meeting by the Arab Parliament in Cairo.