Legal Reference on the Status of Prisoners of War and Possibilities for Their Conviction

Ukrainian law assumes criminal liability for collaborative activity, i.e. cooperation with the aggressor state and its occupation administration. At the same time, prospects of holding pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine constantly appear in the information space. In response to this, OPORA has prepared some advice on how citizens should behave in the event of illegal voting.

For obvious reasons, it is very hard to determine how long a given armed conflict, such as the current war in Ukraine, will last. This is even more problematic for a country that is defending itself against a foreign aggressor. However, this does not mean that either martial law or a state of emergency can last forever.

On February 24, official law enforcement agency websites began to spread information about the marks applied with reflective paint, and called to throw earth on top of them and destroy them.