Russian invaders massively abduct men in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and demand a ransom. The amount for a " This is evidenced by new intercepts of the conversations of the occupiers, as well as operational information from the SBU from the temporarily occupied territories..

In particular, the SBU published intercepted telephone conversations during which citizens applied to the so-called “temporary military administration of the Russian Federation” in Melitopol, Zaporozhye region..

“Your guys just arrived from the commandant’s office, locked my husband in the trunk and took away. They didn’t provide any documents, nothing anywhere... They twisted it, loaded it into the trunk. They took the car, the walk-behind tractor… they said they were from the police,” says a civilian.

“They took my husband away from me and said that they had taken me to Melitopol to the 58th army or the 58th army took. What do i do? ', another intercepted telephone conversation says..

To all these questions, the occupiers give approximately the same answer that they are not resolved by phone.

And already upon arrival, the invaders announce the amount of the ransom to the relatives and the auction begins.

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The Kremlin’s current strategy for the temporary administration of the newly occupied territories can be summed up in three words: propaganda, repression and deriban.

It seems that the Kremlin does not see any immediate prospects for legalizing the fact of the occupation of Ukrainian lands. Putin's move with Russian passports is a cynical Jesuit against people surrounded by tanks who are offered a Russian passport. By increasing the pressure on the people, the occupiers feel that the window of opportunity for looting can quickly close, they need to have time to steal everything. Details in the article by Alexander Neberikut and Alexander Klyuzhev “Occupied. From deriban to dancing on the ruins"