Large-scale "filtration measures" are being carried out in the enemy-occupied territories of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions. The victims of the occupiers are often men of military age. First of all - ATO / OOS veterans, former military and law enforcement officers, pro-Ukrainian activists - reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
It is known that more than 300 pro-Ukrainian activists and ATO / OOS veterans are being interrogated and tortured in the premises of the Kherson pre-trial detention center.
A filtration camp has been set up in the village of Velyka Lepetykha in the Kherson region. Recently, about 400 Russian servicemen dressed in Rosguard uniforms arrived there. They search for and detain men of military age. The detained Ukrainian men are being taken out en masse in the direction of the occupied Crimea.
The main purpose of such actions is to "replenish the exchange fund". Ukrainian hostages are planned to be exchanged for Russian war criminals. Even if Ukrainians did not take part in the 2022 hostilities.
It is also possible to organize propaganda "victory parades" with the participation of detained Ukrainians. According to the information received, they may try to pretend to be "prisoners of war" and take them through the streets of occupied cities. Similar events took place in Donetsk in 2014. Then, after numerous tortures, Ukrainian heroes were forced to walk through the central street of Donetsk, where they were subjected to bullying and humiliation.
We remind you that such actions of the Russian authorities are another war crime. The organizers will face the inevitable punishment.