{
  "id": 16642759,
  "title": "Russians Are Turning Temporarily Seized Territories Into Criminal Enclaves — Intelligence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/russians-are-turning-temporarily-seized-territories-into-criminal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "UATV English",
    "slug": "uatv-english",
    "url": "https://uatv.ua/en/russians-are-turning-temporarily-seized-territories-into-criminal-enclaves-intelligence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian forces are transforming temporarily captured Ukrainian regions into lawless enclaves, according to Ukrainian intelligence. The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense reports that Russian invaders are creating criminal havens ruled by banditry and lawlessness. Classified assessments from the aggressor state itself confirm the dire situation in these territories. Moscow warns that illegal weapon and explosives trade, chronic alcoholism among invaders leading to violent incidents, rising cybercrime, and embezzlement of dwindling government funds pose significant threats to control over the seized land. The population endures a state of constant fear due to a harsh counterintelligence regime, violence from war criminals within the Russian army, and repressive actions by security agencies, which fuels negative sentiments toward the invaders. As living conditions worsen, poverty, job shortages, food, medicine, fuel, and essential goods shortages spark a surge in population outflows. In response, Russia attempts to boost its propaganda, focusing on purported socio-economic projects and birth rate improvement programs. Simultaneously, invaders strive to tightly control the occupied areas, preventing alternative communication channels from reaching the population, especially those labeled as \"foreign agents\" by Russia. Kremlin officials are set to tighten surveillance of Russian occupation administrations, particularly of collaborators in these bodies, as Moscow remains skeptical even of the most pro-Russian individuals. Previously, it was reported that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin had taken on the role of curator for Ukraine's temporarily seized territories, replacing previous Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak.",
  "summary": "Russian invaders are turning temporarily seized Ukrainian territories into criminal enclaves. UATV English reports that this is stated by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. \"The situation in Ukraine's temporarily seized territories is deteriorating — Russian invaders are effectively turning the enslaved regions into criminal enclaves ruled by banditry and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}