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• Crimean Tatars were once again persecuted in the occupied Crimea for demonstrating their national symbols – on June 25, on the eve of the Day of the Crimean Tatar Flag, the occupiers illegally detained and fined 3 people for placing the Crimean Tatar flag on their cars: https://bit.ly/3COyoqr
• The occupiers illegally searched the houses and then arrested two brothers, Jafer and Alim Alustayev. The Crimean Tatars were taken to the FSB building for interrogation in the morning, and only at 18:45 the brothers were released: https://bit.ly/3CLe2yt
• Political prisoner Bohdan Ziza stopped his hunger strike, which lasted 17 days.
• Kirill Barannik, illegally detained by the FSB in the occupied Crimea, reported brutal torture by electric shock. The occupiers accuse him of allegedly blowing up a railroad near the village of Poshtove in Bakhchisaray district in February: bit.ly/3COyoqr
• According to the Crimean Solidarity, Emir-Usein Kuku, illegally sentenced to 12 years in prison, was transferred to a hospital with acute kidney pain. He is currently in the hospital: https://bit.ly/3CQcnru
• Political prisoner and civilian journalist Irina Danilovich reported ill-treatment and ignoring her complaints by the administration of the occupation detention center: https://bit.ly/3JWkxCD

Crimes of occupation

• Under the absurd charge of so-called “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”, namely under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code, 400 “cases” have been opened (as of June 20). Out of the total number of “cases”, the occupation courts issued 345 illegal decisions on fines ranging from 30 thousand to 75 thousand rubles. For more details, please see our reference: https://cutt.ly/x5KlaYs
• The occupation court in Simferopol extended the “preventive measure” in the form of detention for the illegally detained Osman Abdurazakov, Lehman Zekeryaev, Ekrem Krosh, Khalil Mambetov, Ayder Asanov and Refat Seidametov until September 23.
• The First Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelal, he and other illegally detained in the newly built SIZO No. 2 are kept in harsh conditions and not allowed to sit down for 16 hours. As a result, Nariman Dzhelial’s legs swelled up – varicose veins.
• Occupiers continue to use closed Crimean ports to steal Ukrainian grain: the Russian bulk carrier Matros Shevchenko, loaded with grain, left the port of Sevastopol on June 19. The vessel had been loading at the Avlita grain terminal since June 16.
• The occupiers organized illegal archaeological excavations on the territory of the ancient city of Artesian near Kerch.

Militarization of the Crimean peninsula

• Residents of the occupied Crimea continue to record the activity of Russian fighter jets firing missiles towards the mainland of Ukraine on a daily basis. Missiles are also reported to be fired from the Black Sea in the same directions.
• On the morning of June 22, the “cotton” reached the Chongar Bridge, which connected the territory of the occupied peninsula with the Kherson region. Now the main land route of the occupiers, which was used to transport weapons for the Russian army from the occupied Crimea to Kherson and partially to Zaporizhzhia region, is inaccessible. Next to the damaged bridge, the occupiers have built a pantone bridge, which is already actively used to transport equipment.
• The new Semashko Medical Center in Simferopol was given to the needs of the Russian military and closed to local residents. Currently, many hospitals in the occupied Crimea are treating wounded Russian soldiers. There are not enough places for civilians.
• According to open sources, in Yalta, the occupiers prohibit walking in the forests, even near houses, and fine people who walk on unauthorized paths with photo traps.
• The territory from the administrative border to Dzhankoy continues to grow with new trenches. Near the village of Filativka in the north of Crimea, the trenches have been connected.
• The Atesh resistance movement reported that the occupiers tested the warning system at the Titan plant in case of an accident. In addition, the occupation administration continues to collect lists of family members of the plant’s employees and officials of Armyansk on the grounds of possible “evacuation”.
• In the Southern Bay of Sevastopol, a floating dock of the Perseus plant sank with a ship in it. The cause of the incident is allegedly the old age of the structure itself.
• The head of the Mejlis Refat Chubarov said that in the settlement of compact residence of the Crimean Tatars Vasiyet near Simferopol, the occupiers set up a checkpoint and armed “police officers”: they check the documents of everyone who moves inside the settlement. At the same time, no checkpoints or checks have been noticed in other parts of Simferopol.

Forced mobilization

• As of June 27, at least 402 soldiers of the Russian army have already been buried in the occupied Crimea. 282 of them were probably Ukrainian citizens. The number of burials may be higher, as many of them take place without coverage.
• We would like to remind you of our guide on how to avoid illegal service in the aggressor’s army: https://cutt.ly/cwtipVM4.

Propaganda of the occupation administrations and incitement to hatred

• The occupiers continue their attempts to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine: the occupation mouthpiece Konstantinov announced the opening of the exhibition “Military Operation through the Eyes of Journalists”. The “exhibition” features photos from the sites of military events, stories of the military, etc.
• The occupation leader Aksyonov has come to the conclusion that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have better training and better weapons, but his opinion is not shared by Konstantinov, who is convinced that the military equipment transferred to Ukraine by partners is allegedly “outdated and in need of repair, and Russian troops can easily repel a counteroffensive.”
• Denis Bulygin, a resident of Yalta, was harassed and persecuted for flying the Ukrainian national flag in his car.
• One of the occupation henchmen suggested returning wartime literature to the school curriculum in the occupied Crimea and organizing screenings of Soviet war films in cinemas.
• The occupiers began to persecute Ksenia Stepanova because of her support for Ukraine, as well as her husband Serhiy Stepanov, who gave her sweets with the slogan “Glory to Ukraine” and a heart in the colors of the national flag.
• Yellow Ribbon activists report that people with Ukrainian citizenship have been persecuted in the occupied Crimea: in Simferopol, people with Ukrainian passports were banned from trading at a local wholesale market. There are also cases when only Russian citizens are forced to work. If a Ukrainian is employed at a company or institution, the employer is fined.

Publications of the occupation media

• A selection of this week’s narratives: “The Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive will soon be choked”, “The West is taking valuables out of Ukraine”, “Scythian gold should not get to Ukraine now”, “Crimea with the President”, etc.

Public sentiment

• Activists of the Crimean Fighting Seagulls underground group reported that the occupiers’ warehouses were set on fire in the village. The CCG continues to persecute collaborators.
• Occupation forces have begun to stop cars with Ukrainian license plates more and more often to intimidate and force them to change their driver’s licenses to Russian ones.
• The Yellow Ribbon Civil Resistance Movement reports on its expansion: over the past week, more than 120 Crimeans have joined the movement, and more than 400 ribbons and 150 posters have been distributed.
• 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 the temporarily occupied Crimea: https://cutt.ly/FwtiajlS

❗️ We thank the conscious Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea for promptly reporting on the situation on the Crimean peninsula, in particular on the socio-economic situation, the movement of Russian troops, the movement of resistance to the occupation, etc. For more information, please send an e-mail to the Information Support Department of the Mission:

📧 [email protected]

🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine!