In the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, the Russian military can keep about 500 Ukrainians in basements and torture them. This was announced by Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine.

According to her, many people are being held in Kherson and in settlements on the administrative border with Crimea.. In particular, in Novoalekseevka and Genichesk.

Tasheva noted that the invaders kidnap activists and veterans of the ATO on special lists.

“The occupation administrations come with whole lists of activists or those who participated in the civil blockade of Crimea in 2015, or, for example, those who served in the ATO and, perhaps, now wanted to join the ranks of the Ukrainian army. They come to their homes and take them away, kidnap them,” said the presidential spokeswoman..

She stressed that the Russians did the same during the occupation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014: “First, the military entered, then they cleared the information field, activists, journalists, and so on.. Then the so-called "

According to her, at first the Russian Federation considered the scenario of holding a "

The presidential spokeswoman added that such intentions can be seen in public discussions of the occupying authorities of the peninsula.. Propaganda media are being created there, covering information not only about the temporary occupied Crimea, but also about the Kherson region or Zaporozhye: “The so-called “Crimean media” with the prefix Krym 24 Kherson or Zaporizhia are already making whole stories”.

Tamila Tasheva reported the presence of Russian filtration camps on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, closer to the administrative border with the Kherson region. According to her, the Russian military is bringing Ukrainians there from recently occupied territories, including from Mariupol..

As she said, the invaders really carry out filtration measures there.. In particular, men are undressed in search of tattoos that could indicate their belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine or other armed formations of Ukraine..

“Unfortunately, this is not a surprise for us, because for eight years they have been committing such crimes on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.. This testifies to the systemic policy of the Russian Federation,” Tasheva summed up..

Earlier, the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that the Russian invaders had been forcing the residents of Mariupol and nearby settlements in filtration camps for almost four weeks.. He showed several videos proving the existence of such camps..