Tag: territories

Russia beefs up occupation with deployment of 35,000 National Guardsmen to occupied territories

Russia has deployed about 35,000 National Guardsmen to Ukraine’s occupied territories as of January 2024, the Special Operations Forces’ National Resistance Center reported on Jan. 7, citing information from Ukrainian partisans. Read also: Russian National Guard targeting children in occupied Ukraine in disgusting propaganda campaign The National Guard of Russia, or Rosgvardia, is the second […]

Russia can’t recruit enough police in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories

Russians are grappling with a significant challenge in recruiting an adequate number of police officers in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories, the Center for National Resistance (CNR) reported on Jan. 4. The CNR revealed that a 40% personnel shortage is affecting the “MIA departments” in Khartsyzk, Donetsk region. Read also: Russia escalating passportization, reportedly outlawing Ukrainian […]

Russians force Ukrainians in occupied territories to vote for Putin

The Russians, with the assistance of the military, have organised a collection of signatures from the population of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories supporting the “candidacy” of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation. Source: National Resistance Center (NRC) Details: Reportedly, the so-called “volunteers”, accompanied by Russian military personnel, are […]

Russians plan to take children from Ukrainian occupied territories through Belarus

The Russians have been compiling lists of children from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, who they plan to take to the Russian Federation through Belarus. Source: Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights; Ukrinform news agency Quote from Lubinets: “We are witnessing a new systemic issue where Russians are deporting Ukrainian children specifically […]

Russia “buys” evidence against Ukraine in occupied territories

The Russians in temporarily occupied territories are collecting evidence against Ukraine and promise to pay “assistance” in exchange for a statement. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center  Details: The National Resistance Center stated that Russia is trying to shift the blame for everything that is happening onto its victim, which is Ukraine. For example, in the […]

President Zelenskyy signs new sanctions into law, targeting developer in Dnipro and firms on Russian-occupied territories

Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council has introduced sanctions against more than 200 individuals and firms, including Ukrainian millionaire Vadym Yermalaiev, who is currently a citizen of Cyprus. Source: Presidential Decree No. 850-851 dated 23 December 2023 Details: The new sanctions target more than 100 firms, the majority of which are based in Russia, though […]

UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s violation of rights in occupied territories

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted an updated resolution condemning serious human rights violations by Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Telegram on Dec.20. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed the adoption of the document and noted its specific mention of […]

Ukraine must liberate all its territories, no changes to strategy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that the military leadership will not change its strategy of seeking to liberate all Russian-occupied territories, nor will it abandon its commitment to restoring the borders established at the time of independence [Ukraine gained its independence from the USSR in 1991 – ed.]. Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his end-of-year […]

UN condemns human rights violations in occupied territories

The UN General Assembly adopted an updated resolution condemning Russia’s violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Dec. 19. “The updated resolution of the UN General Assembly specifically requires Russia to stop forced deportation and ensure the safe return of all Ukrainian children and civilian hostages,” […]