The National Resistance Center reported this.
“Russians continue to follow Soviet practices of ethnic cleansing in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. They continue the systematic deportation of residents of the temporarily occupied territories under the guise of evacuation. This is another sign of the genocide that the Russians are carrying out against the Ukrainian population,” the report says.
It is reported that the invading troops are moving Russians into the homes of indigenous people.
In particular, 60% of Melitopol's residents left the city and went to the territory controlled by Ukraine. Another part was deported to Russia.
Instead, Russians are arriving, mostly the families of the enemy's military and representatives of the occupation administrations. Therefore, almost all abandoned real estate is occupied by them.
At the same time, the Russian Federation uses the displaced Russians to create a propaganda image of a 'new peaceful life.'
On May 2, Russia announced that an assassination attempt was made on the deputy head of the main department of the Russian Interior Ministry in the temporarily occupied Melitopol.
On May 3, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that Russians were going door-to-door in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia and checking for Russian passports.
On May 5, it became known that the sale of strong alcohol to the Russian military was banned in the occupied territories.
On May 6, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that the occupiers in Melitopol were hastily burning documents and taking away equipment.
Local residents report that the owner of the occupier's chain of Mera stores has already fled Melitopol.