At the 2026 German-Ukrainian Historical Commission conference, historian and Museum of State Terror consultant Dr. Igor Shchupak joined discussions on historical memory and competing narratives. We explore the struggle to preserve truth after state crimes.

On October 7, 2026, a Russian missile strike on Pryluky, Ukraine, killed 22 people, including five children, and injured 54 others. A five-story residential building was struck, killing several families. Hundreds of apartments and private homes were damaged. Among the victims were people who had fled fighting in other parts of Ukraine. Their names, personal stories, and eyewitness accounts document the human consequences of the attack.

Three years after the October 7 attacks on Israel, we examine how propaganda, dehumanization, and public acceptance can normalize violence against civilians — and why preserving historical truth remains essential.

Father Nestor, president of our museum, has returned from Ukraine. He brought back photographs from Lviv, where he took part in gatherings marking Belarusian Military Glory Day on September 8. On that day in 1514, an army led by Konstantin Ostrogski defeated the Muscovite army at the Battle of Orsha. Its ranks included people from the lands of present-day Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, as well as Polish units. More than five centuries later, this history has become relevant