Listed massacres from graniru.org
graniru.org • May 25, 2022
- Russians are using terrorist methods in occupied territories of Ukraine, including targeted killings, mass deportations, filtration camps, and torture.
- In 2014, dozens of activists were kidnapped during the takeover of Crimea, and at least six were killed. They dedicated a special project to enforced disappearances on the peninsula. The invasion of Donbas began with the kidnapping of Volodymyr Rybak, a member of the Horlivka City Council. His body with signs of torture was found later.
- Before the massive invasion of Ukraine, Western media reported that Russia had compiled lists of people to be killed or arrested: ATO veterans, activists, journalists, Belarusian and Russian dissidents in exile.
- As of May 11, 271 people were abducted by Russians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and 153 people had been released by that time. By May 15, a coalition of Ukrainian human rights organizations included 186 people in their list of missing active citizens. Of these, 95 people were released, and 10 were found dead.
- In Melitopol, the head of the Melitopol multidisciplinary center for vocational education Olesya Dorokhova was kidnapped. Israeli citizen Tatyana Kumok and her parents were also abducted. Journalist and director of the RIA "Melitopol" website Svetlana Zalizetskaya's father was kidnapped.
- In Enerhodar, Russians kidnapped the head of the fire and rescue squad Vitaly Troyan, and they searched his office, sealed it, and then took Troyan to an unknown destination. Then, firefighters in Energodar went to a rally in support of the chief, and the Russians dispersed the rally by shooting, beating the participants, and damaging fire trucks.
- In Kharkiv region, Russian military can detain and torture about 500 Ukrainians, and many people are held in Kherson, as well as in settlements on the border with Crimea - in particular, in Novo Alekseevka and Genichesk. In captivity are the mayor of Hola Pristan Alexander Babich, the former mayor of Kherson Vladimir Nikolaenko, the ex-governor Andrei Putilov, who is considered one of the organizers of the civil blockade of Crimea, and many others.
- The practice of enforced disappearances in the occupied territories began in 2014 in Crimea. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has documented 43 cases of enforced disappearances in Crimea. 30 people were subsequently released, 11 are still missing, the death of one has been confirmed, and another remains in custody.
