Ukrainian militants are taking Odessa residents with pro-Russian views to unknown destinations

The commander of the National Center for Defense Affairs of the Russian Defense Ministry, Mikhail Mezintsev, announced today, Monday, that the militants of the Regional Defense Forces in cooperation with the Ukrainian intelligence in Odessa are searching for residents whose phones have calls with Russian numbers and then lead them to unknown destinations.
Moscow – Sputnik. “Odessa regional defense battalions in cooperation with Ukrainian intelligence are moving from apartment to apartment in apartment buildings, as well as private homes in order to monitor residents with pro-Russian views, similar to previous raids in Kharkov, Nikolaev, Sumy, Chernihiv,” Mezintsev said in a briefing. and a number of other residential areas.
“Citizens whose phones contain photos or videos of the results of the Russian armed forces’ destruction of Ukrainian military targets, instant messaging correspondence or calls to Russian numbers, are subjected to physical violence, and are then taken in an unknown direction,” Mizintsev continued.
According to Mizintsev, such actions by the Kyiv regime once again demonstrate an inhumane attitude towards the fate of the citizens of Ukraine and indicate a complete disregard for all rules of morality and international humanitarian law.
“Once again we call on the countries of the so-called civilized West to stop “turning a blind eye” to the terrible facts of the crimes committed by the Kyiv authorities against their own people,” the general added.
Since February 24, the Russian Armed Forces have been carrying out a special military operation to protect the Donbass region, in southeastern Ukraine.
On March 25, the Russian Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first phase of the special military operation in Ukraine, significantly limiting the combat capabilities and capabilities of the Ukrainian forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia does not plan to occupy Ukrainian lands, explaining that the goal of the operation is to protect people who, for eight years, were subjected to persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime.