From proxies to puppets: Russia strips collaborators of power in occupied territories
New “curator” positions shift all major decisions to Moscow as local proxies lose influence in “Effective Region” project.
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Ukraine captures Russian soldiers who forced teachers, rescuers, volunteers to dig their graves in Kharkiv Oblast’s torture chamber
They will be held accountable for their crimes, says Kyiv.
Berdiansk collaborator shot dead after aiding Russian occupiers, HUR says
The quisling official served as “acting mayor” under occupation, and was reportedly responsible for targeting pro-Ukrainian locals.
Two Crimean collaborators fighting for Russia captured by Ukraine in Kursk Oblast
The suspected traitors, aged 51 and 45, joined the Russian forces after the 2014 annexation of Crimea and served in the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade.
Five arrested in Ukraine for helping Russia restore drone-damaged refineries
SBU arrested five officials from a Kyiv-based oil research institute for collaborating with Russia, who allegedly provided project documentation and remote support to restore Russian oil refineries, damaged by Ukrainian drones.
Reuters: Ukrainian prisoners enlist in armed forces to defend homeland and change their lives
Bohdan Filonenko, once a car thief, joins thousands of Ukrainian ex-prisoners enlisting in the army under a new amnesty law, viewing it as an opportunity to fight Russian occupiers.
Ministry announces program to swap convicted Russian collaborators for Ukrainian POWs
Ukraine has announced a project to exchange convicted collaborationists for Ukrainian POWs, publicizing info about Russian agents and allowing them to agree to these exchanges.
Reuters: Russia resorts to blackmail and bribery to recruit spies in Germany
Moscow attempts to hire Germans to spy for it after Europe's expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany's domestic security service said.
Organizer of torture chambers in occupied Berdiansk dies in car blast
Yevgeny Ananyevsky, who reportedly set up torture chambers for Ukrainian prisoners at Berdiansk Penal Colony No. 77 in occupied southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has been eliminated, per Ukrainian intelligence.
Ukrainian Intel: Top collaborator killed in car explosion in occupied Berdiansk
Svitlana Samoilenko was reportedly involved in organizing the sham Putin elections in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Pro-Russian MP killed in occupied Luhansk, Ukrainian intelligence suspected
Born in Luhansk, Oleg Popov initially engaged in business before the Russian occupation. However, post-2014, he shifted to politics as a collaborator and survived an unsuccessful assassination attempt last year.
Media: SBU behind assassination attempt on Ukrainian traitor Ex-MP Tsaryov
On the night of 27 October, former Ukrainian MP and collaborator Oleg Tsaryov received two gunshot wounds in Yalta, occupied Crimea. His condition is reportedly critical.
Russian woman arrested for allegedly guiding strikes on Ukraine’s Sumy
The Russian national had allegedly cooperated with Russia's GRU by sending information on where Ukrainian troops might be stationed to her handlers
Former Kherson “railway chief” arrested for aiding Russian military transport in Ukraine
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has arrested a former quisling "railway chief" in the city of Kherson for assisting…
Their village is occupied by Russians, but they unite online
Despite the fact that many Ukrainians have resettled in other places in Ukraine because of the war, only…
Four Ukrainian MPs officially lost their citizenship and status because of collaboration with Russia
The Ukrainian parliament has stripped of MP status four former MPs accused of collaboration. On 10 January they…
Ukraine detains former police officer and official who worked for Russians in Kharkiv Oblast
Law enforcement officers of northeastern Kharkiv Oblast detained a former police officer who had collaborated with Russians and…
Two top Russian collaborators out in occupied Kherson Oblast after shooting and poisoning
Two top Russian collaborators suffered apparent assassination attempts in Ukraine's occupied Kherson Oblast, where a partisan resistance is…