Russia plans to fine residents of occupied territories for Ukrainian

According to the Ukrainian National Resistance Center, fines will be imposed on private homeowners displaying street signs with Ukrainian names starting in 2025.

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This move is part of a broader effort to erase Ukrainian identity and remove any symbols that highlight the region's occupied status. The National Resistance Center described the fines as a push for "total russification."

• Petro Andriushchenko, the head of the Center for Occupation Studies, said that Russia is trying to ramp up recruitment in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.