Russia threatens genocide against Ukraine resistance

 Newsmax:

Russian-installed governments in conquered Ukrainian territories are threatening to introduce death sentences to quell any resistance movement, local officials say.

More than 60% of the southern Zaporizhzhia region is occupied by Russia, including the city of Enerhodar, which includes Europe's biggest nuclear power plant.

The pro-Russian government is shifting strategies to counter the resistance movement in the region, intensifying searches of homes, adding street patrols and threatening to punish convictions with death, the Ukrainian-elected Zaporizhzhia government said on its official Telegram account. The penalty has already been reintroduced in the ''people's republics'' of Donetsk and Luhansk in the East.

''But the Ukrainian resistance movement keeps working,'' Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said. ''Russians, on the other hand, are also fighting each other for power and control of business in the region.''

Another strategy is forced assimilation into the Russian Federation. Earlier in June, the Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported that anyone born in the region after Feb. 24, the start of the invasion, will automatically receive Russian citizenship.

A member of the pro-Russian Zaporizhzhia government, Volodymyr Rohov, made the announcement following an identical move by Kyrylo Stremousov, head of the similarly aligned government in Kherson.

In May, the Ukrainian-elected Zaporizhzhia government reported on another strategy to break the local resistance, particularly in the city of Melitopol, importing so-called whisperers who are members of Russian security forces that blend in with the civilian population. Their task is to influence public opinion in Melitopol.
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Clearly, the Russians are not seen as liberators by the Ukrainians.  They appear to be determined to suppress dissent by harsh means.  It is hard to see how this will end well for either side.

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