Main news of the week:

▶ On the morning of November 13, in occupied Sevastopol, Ukrainian special services liquidated the Chief of Staff of the 41st Brigade of Missile Ships and Boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 47-year-old Captain Valerii Trankovskyi. The war criminal was responsible for the July 14 strike on Vinnytsia. The attack killed 27 people, wounded 202, and left 8 people missing.

Invaders’ crimes:

▶ As of November 19, the occupiers have unlawfully imprisoned 218 individuals, of whom 132 are Crimean Tatars. Among the total, 43 are under arrest (including 28 Crimean Tatars), 151 are imprisoned (including 97 Crimean Tatars), and 26 are held without status (including 6 Crimean Tatars).

▶ There were 1,047 cases of filing of reports under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation to the so-called “courts” on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. In 928 of these cases, a decision was made to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine or to join the case to another case under another article and make a cumulative decision. In 31 cases, the consideration of materials is ongoing.

▶ Crimean political prisoner Aziz Akhtemov, illegally sentenced by the occupiers to 13 years in prison, was unreasonably placed in a two-week quarantine in a colony in the city of Rubtsovsk, Altai region of the Russian Federation.

▶ The occupation “court” upheld the unlawful verdict in the so-called “Crimean Muslims case” against Servet Haziiev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov, who were illegally sentenced to 13 years in prison. Only Dzhemil Hafarov‘s sentence in this case was annulled due to his death in custody. The 61-year-old political prisoner died on February 10, 2023, from cardiovascular failure due to the non-provision of prompt medical care in a Russian prison.

▶ Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Nahaiev, illegally sentenced by a Russian court to 13 years in prison in the case of “Crimean Muslims,” has been in a hospital in Arkhangelsk, Russia, for a week now. Nahaiev has been hospitalized in an institution that is not specialized for his condition, and doctors are still unable to provide conclusions on the need for surgery. The decision on the surgical intervention has not yet been made. Ruslan Nahaiev has a chronic illness that has become inflammatory.

▶ The wife of convicted Crimean Tatar activist Server Mustafaiev spoke about the difficult conditions of his detention in a Russian colony since August 2023. Server is kept in isolation, which negatively affects his health. Due to the lack of sunlight, the man has a vitamin D deficiency. In addition, his eyesight is deteriorating, and he has a crepitus in his knees, which requires additional examination.

▶ At least eight Crimean Tatars, including activist Marlen Mustafaiev, are held in harsh conditions in a Russian prison 2,000 kilometers away from occupied Crimea. They are all held in a small cell in a jail in Dmitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region of the Russian Federation.

Forcible conscription:

▶ At least 1408 Russian army soldiers from units stationed in occupied Crimea were killed. 914 of them were probably Ukrainian citizens. The death toll may be higher as Russia conceals the real losses.

▶ The capture of at least 67 Russian servicemen from occupied Crimea, most of whom are likely to be Ukrainian citizens, has been confirmed.

Militarization of the Crimean Peninsula:

▶ Agents of the ATESH movement recorded the operation of the Pidlit radar station, which the Russian military deployed in the area of the Striletska Bay of occupied Sevastopol.

Propaganda of the occupation administrations and incitement to hostility:

▶ Residents of occupied Crimea complain about heating interruptions. The main reason is excessive illegal spot construction in coastal cities and in Simferopol, which has led to frequent accidents on heating mains. With the start of the heating season on October 18, heating in Simferopol is often cut off due to regular accidents on heating mains caused by the occupiers’ negligence.

▶ At least twenty settlements in the Bilohirsk region of occupied Crimea faced an acute water supply problem. After the Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, there were regular problems with the water supply in Crimea.

▶ Despite the assurances of the occupation administration of Crimea, residents complain about the increase in fuel prices. The reason for this is the strikes of the Ukrainian Defense Forces on Russian oil depots and the use of the Crimean Peninsula for military purposes by the occupiers to spread aggression to Ukraine.

Civil resitance:

▶ In occupied Feodosiia, the occupiers detained Ihor Tymchenko for a tattoo of a Ukrainian trident. The man was forced to apologize on video; the occupiers drew up an administrative report and sent the materials to an illegal “court”.

▶ Viktoria Holubieva, a resident of Simferopol, posted a video criticizing the Russian pension reform on social media and a post asking “Why do we need Crimea and Donbas at such an exorbitant price?” The occupiers detained the retired woman, and the occupation “court” ordered her to pay a fine of 40 thousand rubles.

▶ In the temporarily occupied Dzhankoi, Russian security forces illegally detained and beat a blind man, Ihor Nikitenko, for criticizing the actions of the occupation administration. The occupation “court” fined the man 10 thousand rubles.

▶ Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement stated that they had distributed more than 100 pro-Ukrainian leaflets in Crimea in one day. According to the report, a new wave of actions took place in Yalta, Simferopol, and Sevastopol.

▶ Activists of the Crimean Combat Seagulls movement reported that a railway bridge collapsed in the village of Maslovo in the Dzhankoi district due to constant overloading caused by the transportation of military equipment of the Russian invaders.

▶ The Zla Mavka resistance movement continues to publish its diaries, providing insights into life in the occupied territories. This week, the activists organized another resistance action in Simferopol, where they distributed patriotic stickers throughout the city with the message “Crimea is Ukraine.” Additionally, pumpkins bearing a simple message appeared in parks and on the streets of Sevastopol: the occupiers are not welcome here.

The Mission continues to receive inquiries from Ukrainian citizens who want to leave Crimea because they cannot tolerate the occupation and total propaganda. We remind you of our instructions on how to leave temporarily occupied Crimea: https://cutt.ly/FwtiajlS

We thank the aware Ukrainian citizens in occupied Crimea for their prompt reports on the situation on the Crimean Peninsula, in particular on the socio-economic situation, the positions of Russian troops, the resistance movements to the occupation, etc. For more information, please send an e-mail to the press service of the Mission:  [email protected].

Glory to Ukraine!