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The Russians increased pressure on civilians in the occupied territories after the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The National Guard captured 52 residents of the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions occupied by the Russian Federation.

The Russian Interfax writes about this.

The occupiers call it "detention". It is alleged that the Ukrainians were kidnapped allegedly "for ties with the SBU and the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

The Russians increased pressure on civilians in the occupied territories after the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In occupied Kherson, there are more new units of the Russian Armed Forces, settlements are closed for entry and exit, locals are not allowed to cross, threatening to be shot.

Meanwhile, in the recently de-occupied territories of the Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers found mass graves with the bodies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilians with obvious signs of torture.