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Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a \u201cclimate of fear\u201d with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture<\/strong>, the head of a U.N. reporting mission in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0told Reuters.<\/p>\n
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Speaking before the release of a comprehensive UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0(HRMMU) report on the territories Russia occupied in its full-scale invasion since 2022, the mission\u2019s head, Danielle Bell, said Russia\u2019s breaches of rights there were used to terrify local residents into co-operating.\u201cThese combined actions of censorship, surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions \u2026 created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could systematically dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government and administration,\u201d she said in an interview.The Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva did not respond to questions on the report\u2019s main accusations.Speaking at the U.N. Human Rights Council after the report\u2019s publication, Russian senior diplomat Igor Sergeev accused U.N. human rights bodies of double standards and of turning a blind eye to violations committed by Kyiv.<\/strong>Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that its forces have committed atrocities or deliberately attacked civilians during the invasion, which it says is a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d.Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and its proxy separatist groups occupied two regional capitals in east\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0in the same year. The 2022 invasion led to Moscow\u2019s capture of further swathes of land in\u00a0Ukraine\u2018s east and south.It currently controls more than 17% of\u00a0Ukraine\u2018s territory, where several million people remain.The U.N. monitors had no access to occupied territory, but instead based their findings on more than 2,300 interviews with people who were living in occupied territories, had left occupied territory, or lived in liberated areas.Bell said there had been an initial phase of rights violations, including killings, torture and arbitrary detention of those perceived to be linked to Ukrainian security forces or those believed to be supporting\u00a0Ukraine.That was followed by campaigns against freedoms of movement, assembly and expression, she said. These were followed by a push to change all major state institutions into Russian ones, something Bell said violated international humanitarian law.That effort saw schools forced to switch to the Russian language and curriculum, and the justice system jailing people in Russian prisons.<\/strong> Civil servants had been forced to comply with these new systems, she said.Bell gave the example of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where she said workers were forced to continue to work even if they did not want to.\u201cWhen they resisted, they faced threats, intimidation harassment, threats against their families, and some even faced arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and in some cases\u2026 death.\u201dBell said Russia aggressively pushed people to take Russian citizenship: people could obtain services such as healthcare, social security or rented housing only with a Russian passport.Bell said residents in occupied areas were encouraged to spy on each other, and online services had been created for this.Bell also said Russia had sought to cut communication links between Ukrainians in occupied areas and those in territories controlled by Kyiv. Combined with families not being allowed to travel back and forth to see loved ones, this kept relatives \u201ccut off from each other\u201d, she said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia is consolidating control over occupied Ukrainian territory through arbitrary detention, killings, and torture, creating a climate of fear. The U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) reported on rights breaches by Russia, including censorship, surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, and movement restrictions. Russia denies committing atrocities or deliberately attacking civilians, calling its actions a “special military operation.” Russia controls over 17% of Ukraine’s territory, affecting several million people. The HRMMU’s findings are based on interviews with over 2,300 individuals. Initial rights violations involved killings, torture, and arbitrary detention, targeting those linked to Ukrainian security forces or supportive of Ukraine. This was followed by restrictions on movement, assembly, and expression, and efforts to replace Ukrainian state institutions with Russian ones, violating international humanitarian law. Schools were forced to adopt the Russian language and curriculum, and the justice system jailed people in Russian prisons. Civil servants were compelled to comply with new systems. At the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, workers faced threats, intimidation, and arbitrary arrest if they resisted. Russia also pushed for residents to take Russian citizenship, linking access to services like healthcare and social security to holding a Russian passport. Residents were encouraged to spy on each other, and communication links between Ukrainians in occupied areas and those in territories controlled by Kyiv were cut, isolating 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