Tell us where Russian troops are living, Ukraine tells citizens in key region

By David Ljunggren

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence ministry on Saturday urged residents in a key space seized by Russia to disclose the place Moscow’s troops have been dwelling and who among the many native inhabitants was collaborating with the occupying authorities.

The assertion by the ministry’s defence intelligence directorate was geared toward folks in and across the southern metropolis of Enerhodar, which is dwelling to a serious nuclear energy station.

“Please tell us as a matter of urgency the precise location of the occupying troops’ bases and their residential addresses … and the locations of residence of the commanding workers,” it mentioned, including that precise coordinates have been fascinating.

It additionally requested for particulars “of native collaborators who went over to the aspect of the enemy”, together with the place they lived and labored, in addition to details about “individuals who ‘sympathise’ with the occupiers”.

Russia captured Enerhodar in early March and in Might, the Russian-appointed head of the town was injured in an explosion. The Kremlin termed it a “terrorist assault”.

In June, a pro-Russian official within the southern Kherson area was killed in a blast, RIA information company mentioned. Earlier that month the top of the area’s penal service was taken to hospital after a bomb exploded close to his automotive.

The intelligence directorate’s enchantment – revealed on Telegram – additionally requested for the routes that Russian army tools was utilizing in Enerhodar.

“Collectively, let’s kick the occupants out of our homeland!” it mentioned, including folks might both name in particulars or present them through the WhatsApp or Sign immediate messaging apps.

Enerhodar had a pre-war inhabitants of greater than 50,000. Many residents work on the two energy crops close to the city, considered one of which is the Zaporizhzhia facility, the biggest nuclear energy station in Europe.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Enhancing by Daniel Wallis)