The persecution of Ukrainians for their thoughts, words and actions has intensified over the past week.

On April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5 and 12, 2022, we analyzed the information of the Prosecutor General's Office on criminal cases that the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine are investigating, starting from February 24, 2022.

On May 19, the prosecutor's office released new information.

The total number of criminal cases under articles on "war of aggression", "high treason", "encroachment on territorial integrity", "sabotage", "collaboration activities" for the week from May 12 to May 19 increased from 16,261 to 18,477, i.e. , by 2216 (increased by 1707 over the previous week). That is, the prosecutor's office opened an average of 317 criminal cases per day.

Over the past week, from May 5 to May 12, the number of criminal cases increased by an average of 244 per day.

Also significantly, from 3428 to 3890, the number of those accused of "infringement on territorial integrity" has increased (Article 110, it mainly prosecutes bloggers and those who expressed an opinion that differs from official propaganda).

That is, 66 Ukrainians are accused under this article every day. Previously, 53 people were accused a day.

The number of people accused of "high treason" (Article 111 of the Criminal Code) also increased over the week - from 843 to 921.

That is, an average of 11 citizens a day were accused of high treason over the past week.

Last week, new charges were also added: 111-1 (“collaboration activity”) and 111-2 (“assisting the aggressor”).

Previously, charges under these articles were not recorded, and over the past week, 821 Ukrainians were immediately charged under articles 111-1 and 111-2.

That is, we can say that the pace of repression, judging by the growth in the number of criminal cases, has increased dramatically over the past week.

These rates were high in March - early April. Since mid-April, they began to fall somewhat.

But from the beginning of May 2022, the pace of repression began to increase again.