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

From April 1, 2022, every week, on Thursdays, we analyze 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.

We published the last analysis on June 2.

On June 9, the prosecutor's office released new information.

The total number of criminal cases under politically motivated articles: "waging an aggressive war", "treason", "encroachment on territorial integrity", "sabotage", "collaboration activities" for the week from June 2 to 9, increased from 22,382 to 24 246, that is, by 1864 (increased by 1861 over the previous week).

This means that the prosecutor's office opened an average of 266 criminal cases per day. The same as the previous week.

Over the past weeks, from May 12 to May 19 and from May 19 to May 26, the number of criminal cases increased by an average of 317 and 292 per day, respectively.

That is, the total number of politically motivated criminal cases initiated over the past week remains at the same level as the number of cases initiated in the week from May 26 to June 2.

And this number is somewhat less than it was before.

Significantly, from 4902 to 5351, that is, by 449, the number of those accused of "encroachment on territorial integrity" has increased (Article 110, it is mainly used to prosecute bloggers and those who expressed an opinion different from official propaganda).

That is, 64 Ukrainians are accused under this article every day. In previous weeks, 79, 66 and 65 people were accused per day.

Thus, here we see that the number of repressions remains at the same, albeit high, level.

The number of people accused of "high treason" (Article 111 of the Criminal Code) also increased over the week - from 1026 to 1075.

That is, over the past week, an average of 7 citizens a day have been accused of "high treason".

Previously, the rate of accusations of "high treason" was 6-7 charges per day, and in the week from May 26 to June 2, this rate reached 17 people per day.

That is, over the past week, the pace of accusations of "treason" against Ukrainians has returned to the average level.

"Treason" (Article 111 of the Criminal Code) is the most serious political accusation. An accused citizen can end up in prison for 15 years or for life.

Also, over the past week, the number of accusations of Ukrainians under Articles 111-1 (“collaboration activity”) and 111-2 (“assistance to the aggressor”) has increased significantly, from 934 to 1071. On May 26, the number of those charged under these articles was 867.

Thus, the pace of political repression in Ukraine is not decreasing and is at a consistently high level.

Almost all those accused on politically motivated articles are in prison.

The first of them, Oleksandr Matyushenko, a left-wing activist from Dnepropetrovsk, was sentenced on May 24 by a local court under Article 110 (“infringement on territorial integrity”) to 3 years in prison.

On June 3, the former leader of the Union of Left Forces, Vasily Volga, who was arrested on March 7, was released from prison.

On June 7, Odessa journalist Yury Tkachev, who was arrested on March 19, was released from prison.

Also, one of those arrested in Odessa was released from prison on the same day as Tkachev.

All of them paid large bails for their temporary release, but their trials continue and they cannot leave their place of residence without the permission of the investigating authorities.

The rest of those accused on politically motivated articles, as far as we have information, are practically all in custody.

At least three supporters of the opposition MP Ilya Kiva arrested by the SBU at the end of February 2022 were killed:
https://t.me/repressionoftheleft/420?single

Thus, today we can talk about more than 20 thousand political prisoners in Ukraine.