Russia continues its policy of ethnocide in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, which is manifested by low birth rates, high mortality rates and changes in the ethno-national composition of the population. This was reported by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Tuesday, May 26. . ; targeted assignment of immigrants from Russia to work at the Eastern Labor Organization of Ukraine for a 5-year period under state programs; preferential mortgage lending for immigrants in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions; provision of land plots to immigrants from the Russian Federation on the territory of Crimea (about 4 thousand. people in 2025) and Kherson region. . For example, at the end of 2025, the natural population growth in the Donetsk region was -9.9‰ (minus about 10 people for every 1000 people of the population) - this is 2.4 times worse than the average in Russia. . people, and the mortality rate for this category of the population was 6.8‰, which exceeds the world average. In general, mortality from injuries and external factors last year here was 146.1 per 100 thousand. of the population, of which more than 83% of the deaths are people of working age. . Let us recall that Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets announced the opening of 363 criminal proceedings related to sexual violence by Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In Mariupol, Russians plan to appropriate almost 1,000 apartments - City Council News from Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.