On May 7, 2022, the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, announced that the Security Service of Ukraine had detained the mayor of the city of Stary Saltov, Eduard Konovalov, and the secretary of the local council of the village of Olkhovatka, Nadezhda Antonova.

We have already reported that on May 4, Ukrainian troops, together with a unit of the Nazi formation Azov, entered Stary Saltov (Kharkiv region) after Russian troops left it.

After that, mass detentions of people began in the city, who, according to representatives of the Kyiv authorities, collaborated with the troops of the Russian Federation.

Konovalov and Antonova were detained on suspicion of "high treason": https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/news/1651944103-holova-staroho-saltova-ta-sekterarka-vilkhovatskoi-silrady-pidozriuiutsia-u-derzhzradi.html

Mass detentions on suspicion of "high treason" also occur in other cities occupied by Ukrainian troops after the retreat of Russian troops, for example, in Bucha near Kyiv.

On May 5, 2022, a resident of the city of Sarny (Rivne region in western Ukraine) was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "high treason and illegal possession of weapons."

According to the prosecutor's office, he had "pro-Russian views": https://www.gp.gov.ua/ua/posts/za-derzavnu-zradu-zitelya-rivnenshhini-zasudzeno-do-12-rokiv-za-gratami.

Also, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine reported that a woman director of a college in the city of Melitopol (Zaporozhye region, under the control of Russian troops) was suspected of "collaborative activity" (Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the prosecutor's office, she demanded to organize the educational process in Melitopol according to the curriculum of the Russian Federation: https://www.gp.gov.ua/ua/posts/sxilyannya-osvityan-melitopolya-do-organizaciyi-nacalnogo-procesu-za-programoyu -kraini-agresora-u-kolaboracionizmi-pidozryujetsya-direktor-koledzu.

Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code provides for liability of up to 15 years in prison.