Russians intensifying propaganda and militarization in occupied territories – intelligence

The russian invaders continue to systematically integrate the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into their structure, intensifying propaganda, forced militarization and repressive measures. Such actions are a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit the occupation "authorities" from changing civilian infrastructure and forcing the population to serve in the armies of the occupiers. This is stated in a message of the Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) of Ukraine.

Thus, according to the FIS, in temporarily occupied Berdiansk, the russian occupiers have practically completed the construction of a 100-meter television tower. It is planned to place equipment for broadcasting three digital television multiplexes and 16 radio stations, which will distribute exclusively russian propaganda content. The tower is scheduled to be put into operation in the first half of 2026, which will lead to even more aggressive pressure on local residents through control over the information space.

At the same time, the occupiers plan to build a new military facility on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in temporarily occupied Mariupol, for which electricity will be supplied from the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The FIS said that the russians are gradually connecting the destroyed plant to the power grid: a project for the reconstruction of two 110 kV power transmission lines (TL) with a branch to the Azovstal No. 7 substation has been approved. This is part of the occupiers' new energy highway - from the ZNPP through Volnovakha and Telmanovo deep into the territory of the aggressor country, the russian federation. There is no talk of large-scale restoration of residential buildings, on the contrary - houses are being dismantled en masse. The occupation administration decided to give people who lost their homes "ownerless" apartments - that is, apartments taken from residents who left or were killed during hostilities.

Intelligence officers have information that in the TOT, the russians are intensifying "passportization" and mobilization of the local population. Thus, the migration service of the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs issued over a million russian passports in the occupied Luhansk Region, forcing local residents to "passportize" under the threat of repression. Men with russian passports automatically become conscripts.

In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson Region, the occupiers are conducting illegal excavations with "permits" for these actions of the russian model. Excavations are a plunder of Ukrainian values, an attempt to legalize the theft of historical heritage and rewrite history in their own way.

Also, in temporarily occupied Melitopol, the occupiers are systematically introducing anti-Ukrainian propaganda among children. During the graduation celebrations in kindergartens, they organized "competitions" that imitated military training. The repressive nature of the occupation and the lack of responsibility for their actions is illustrated by a recent incident in the city - a prosecutor from St. Petersburg, while on "service" in the occupation administration, beat to death a 15-year-old girl - the only child in the family. The culprit escaped punishment.

In addition, the millions of tourists promised to Crimea remained only promises. The repair of 5,400 km of roads around the Sea of ​​Azov, significant social payments and investments in industry remained on paper. In reality - a shortage of medicines and goods, corruption at all levels, Russification, deportations, propaganda and decline.

According to the FIS, in the TOT of Ukraine, the russians are blocking mobile communications, banning Ukrainian television, forcing entrepreneurs to change Ukrainian signs to russian ones, sending students "for internships" to military factories, seizing property from local residents, not solving humanitarian problems, and demanding that all school events be coordinated with the FSB.

"These and other illegal actions indicate Russia's systemic strategy of Russification and militarization of the occupied lands," the intelligence officers summarized.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the russian invaders have launched a campaign to "re-educate" history teachers.