Main news of the week:

▶ The occupation “court” has unlawfully sentenced two residents of the peninsula to 13 and 15 years in a maximum security penal colony on fabricated charges of allegedly collecting and transmitting information to Ukrainian intelligence services regarding the location and movement of occupation forces.

Invaders’ crimes:

▶ As of October 14, the occupiers have illegally imprisoned 218 people, including 132 Crimean Tatars. Of the total number, 43 are arrested (28 of them are Crimean Tatars), 151 are imprisoned (97 of them are Crimean Tatars), and 26 are without status (6 of them are Crimean Tatars).

▶ There were 979 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 875 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 17 cases, the consideration of materials is ongoing.

▶ The 53-year-old Vitalii Buryk, who was unlawfully detained on October 9 in Kerch, has been placed under house arrest by the occupation “court.”

Forcible conscription:

▶ At least 1,265 soldiers from Russian army units stationed in occupied Crimea have been killed. Of these, 791 were likely Ukrainian citizens. The death toll may be higher, as Russia conceals its real losses.

▶ The capture of at least 40 Russian servicemen from occupied Crimea has been confirmed, most of whom are likely to be Ukrainian citizens.

Militarization of the Crimean Peninsula:

▶ Agents of ATESH continue to gather intelligence on strategic Russian facilities on the temporarily occupied peninsula. Specifically, agents have detected constant movement of military equipment, including MT-LB and BTR-80 vehicles, which are being used for frontline logistics. Additionally, movement agents have identified active fortification of Crimea’s western coast by the occupiers with new checkpoints, trenches, and barbed-wire sectors.

Propaganda of the occupation administrations and incitement to hostility:

▶ In occupied Crimea, the occupation administration has unlawfully nationalized the Sevastopolgaz enterprise, seizing the company’s assets, land plots, and property, accusing the owners of alleged ties to Ukraine.

▶ In Sevastopol, the occupation administration is illegally confiscating power grids built at the expense of residents from more than 450 gardening cooperatives under the pretext of “ensuring reliable power supply” without providing any compensation or reimbursement to the local population.

▶ Due to the negligence of the occupiers, the energy crisis in Crimea is getting worse.   In general, problems with electricity supply are observed in Simferopol, Saky, and Dzhankoi, as well as in the villages of Vyshneve, Bila Skelia, Yabluchne, Myronivka, Izumrudne and other settlements. This week, partial power outages were observed in Bilohirsk and seven villages of the district: Sultan-Sarai, Krynychne, Aleksieievka, Holovanivka, Krasnoselivka, Pcholyne and Karasivka. In total, more than 10 thousand residents remain without electricity, but the occupation administration continues to claim that the situation is under control.

Civil resistance:

▶ A 71-year-old resident of occupied Yalta, Viktor Kazachok, expressed support for the Ukrainian Defense Forces on social media and spoke negatively about the actions of the occupation forces and their participation in the aggression against Ukraine. The occupation administration forces detained him and issued a report, sending the case to the occupation “court.”

▶ A resident of Kerch, Dmytro Spyrin, expressed support for the Ukrainian Defense Forces on social media and spoke negatively about the actions of the occupation forces and their participation in the aggression against Ukraine. The occupation administration forces detained him and sent him to a neuro-psychiatric dispensary for examination.

▶ The occupation administration of Crimea illegally detained a 23-year-old resident of the peninsula on trumped-up charges of allegedly passing information about the location of occupation troops to the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

▶ Olha Pankratenkova, a 48-year-old resident of Yalta, expressed support for Ukraine on social media and spoke negatively about the actions of the occupation forces and their participation in the aggression against Ukraine. The occupation administration forces detained her, drew up a report, and imposed a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

▶ Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement continue to actively resist Russian occupiers in Crimea. They systematically destroy propaganda materials distributed by the occupation administration and place Ukrainian symbols and leaflets calling for resistance in various settlements across the peninsula, including in the Churuk-Su valley, located in the foothills of the Crimean Mountains, as well as in Simferopol, Livadiia, and Yalta. Patriotic slogans are also widely spread through graffiti and inscriptions that appear on building walls, alongside propaganda banners, and in other public spaces.

▶ Activists of the Crimean Combat Seagulls movement continue to expose personal information about collaborators and Russian war criminals operating in the occupied Crimean Peninsula. They publish not only addresses, contact numbers, and movement routes but also details of financial transactions, bank accounts, and connections with the occupation administration and Russian security structures. Additionally, they provide evidence of these individuals’ involvement in crimes against Ukraine and the local population of the peninsula.

▶ Activists of the Zla Mavka movement actively distribute patriotic graffiti, stickers, and leaflets urging resistance to the occupation in cities such as Simferopol, Yalta, Yevpatoriia, Sevastopol, and other settlements. They conduct actions to destroy Russian propaganda, support morale among the local population, and disseminate information about ways to liberate Crimea from occupation.

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!