May 7, 2022 09:39 PM
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KEY POINTS: Russian authorities are attempting to strip occupied Ukraine of its national culture.
Russia has installed its flags, monuments, and puppet politicians in several Ukrainian cities and towns.
The occupied city of Kherson is even being forced to use the Russian ruble.
Amid ongoing internet and cell service outages, Russian authorities have made sure Ukrainian residents in the city do have access to Russian state TV channels, which began broadcasting propaganda there last month.
Intelligence from Ukraine and its allies indicate that Russia could soon hold the referendum to either create the "People's Republic of Kherson" in the same vein as the pro-Russia breakaway territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine or annex the region entirely, like it did to Crimea in 2014.
Nearly all of the elected mayors in towns and villages that have been occupied by Russia have since been replaced by Russian military appointees... (MORE - details)
KEY POINTS: Russian authorities are attempting to strip occupied Ukraine of its national culture.
Russia has installed its flags, monuments, and puppet politicians in several Ukrainian cities and towns.
The occupied city of Kherson is even being forced to use the Russian ruble.
Amid ongoing internet and cell service outages, Russian authorities have made sure Ukrainian residents in the city do have access to Russian state TV channels, which began broadcasting propaganda there last month.
Intelligence from Ukraine and its allies indicate that Russia could soon hold the referendum to either create the "People's Republic of Kherson" in the same vein as the pro-Russia breakaway territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine or annex the region entirely, like it did to Crimea in 2014.
Nearly all of the elected mayors in towns and villages that have been occupied by Russia have since been replaced by Russian military appointees... (MORE - details)