Event · 📍 Kharkiv, Ukraine · first report 05 Nov 2026, 13:58 UTC · latest 05 Nov 2026, 17:54 UTC

Kharkiv teacher dies in pre-trial detention centre in occupied Crimea

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05 Nov 2026, 13:58 UTC First report: Ukrainska Pravda (English)
05 Nov 2026, 16:09 UTC New independent origin: Meduza (English)
05 Nov 2026, 16:09 UTC First report from Latvia / Russia (Exil) (Meduza (English))
05 Nov 2026, 17:54 UTC New independent origin: The Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainska Pravda (English) 05 Nov 2026, 13:58 UTC
Kharkiv teacher dies in pre-trial detention centre in occupied Crimea
Oleksandra Kazarovytska was detained in Sevastopol after travelling to Crimea to help her parents. Russian occupation authorities claim she took her own life.
The Kyiv Independent 05 Nov 2026, 17:54 UTC
Ukrainian woman dies in illegal Russian detention in Crimea
Oleksandra Kazarovytska, who was 44 years old, had returned to occupied Sevastopol to help her parents sell their apartment, according to the statement of the Kharkiv language school where she served as director of studies.

Meduza (English) 05 Nov 2026, 16:09 UTC
Teacher from Ukraine’s Kharkiv dies in Russian custody in occupied Crimea. She was arrested while visiting her parents.
Oleksandra Kazarovytska (Kolesnikova), one of the founders of the Kharkiv-based language school “Professional,” has died in Russian-occupied Crimea, the school said on Facebook. The school said Russia “killed” Kazarovitskaya.