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‘Shut his mouth, or you’ll all be shot’ How Russian occupation forces transformed the Ukrainian city of Melitopol into ‘Europe’s largest prison’ (meduza.io)
submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de
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Abductions by Russian occupation forces in Melitopol became widespread as early as March 2022. This is when Ukrainian activists launched the “Kidnapped Melitopolians” hotline to collect information about disappeared locals.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is going to be taught in history like wwii

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Winning hearts and minds, I see.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_hearts_and_minds

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According to an assessment by University of Michigan political scientist Yuri Zhukov, Russia has responded to insurgent movements and large-scale insurrections since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 with a counterinsurgency model diametrically opposed to the "hearts and minds" approach. Zhukov concluded that "Despite serious setbacks in Afghanistan and the first Chechen War, Russia has one of the most successful track records of any modern counterinsurgent."[14]

I suppose we'll get to find out how well it works here. From OP's article, doesn't sound so great:

Since then, report journalists at iStories, the city has become a center of partisan resistance

[–] 0x815@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago

In the meantime, iMedia published its own English version of this story.

"You Will Die and No One Will Know”

How the kidnapping, torture and terror is organized in the center of Ukrainian guerrilla resistance — Russian-occupied Melitopol