Persecution of Ukrainians for their thoughts, statements and actions over the past week.

On April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12 and 19, 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 26, the prosecutor's office released new information.

The total number of criminal cases under politically motivated articles: "waging an aggressive war", "high treason", "encroachment on territorial integrity", "sabotage", "collaboration activities" for the week from May 19 to May 26 increased from 18,477 to 20 521, that is, by 2044 (increased by 2216 over the previous week). , prosecutors opened an average of 292 criminal cases per day.

Over the past week, from May 12 to May 19, the number of criminal cases increased by an average of 317 per day.

Significantly, from 3890 to 4443, the number of those accused of "infringing on territorial integrity" has increased (Article 110, it is mainly prosecuted for bloggers and those who expressed an opinion that differs from official propaganda).

That is, 79 Ukrainians are accused under this article every day. Previously, 66 people were charged a day.

Also, the number of people accused of "high treason" (Article 111 of the Criminal Code) increased from 921 to 967 during the week.

That is, in the past week, an average of 6-7 citizens were accused of high treason per day.

Since last week, the prosecutor's office began to record the number of charges against Ukrainians under Articles 111-1 ("collaboration activities") and 111-2 ("assistance to the aggressor").

Previously, charges under these articles were not recorded, and over the past week the number of criminal cases opened under articles 111-1 and 111-2 increased from 821 to 867.

That is, we can say that the pace of accusations against Ukrainians under politically motivated articles of the Criminal Code, if decreased, then slightly.

These rates were high in March - early April. From mid-April, the pace began to fall somewhat.

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