Persecution of Ukrainians for their thoughts, statements and actions. Analysis for 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 9th.

On June 16, 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 June 9 to June 16, increased from 24,346 to 26 388, that is, by 2143 (increased by 1864 over the previous week).

This means that the prosecutor's office opened an average of 306 criminal cases per day. Last week, from June 2 to 9, the security forces opened an average of 266 politically motivated criminal cases per day.

That is, the total number of politically motivated criminal cases initiated over the past week has increased significantly compared to the previous period.

Significantly, from 5351 to 5962, that is, by 611, the number of those accused of "infringement on territorial integrity" has increased (Article 110, it mainly persecutes bloggers and those who expressed an opinion different from official propaganda).

That is, 87 Ukrainians are accused under this article every day. Over the previous week, 64 people were charged a day.

Thus, here we see that the number of repressions has increased significantly.

The number of people accused of "high treason" (Article 111 of the Criminal Code) also increased over the week - from 1075 to 1117.

That is, over the past week, an average of 6 citizens a day have been accused of "high treason".

And earlier the rate of accusations of "high treason" was 6-7 per day.

That is, over the past week, the pace of accusations of Ukrainians in "treason" remained at an 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 1071 to 1205, that is, by 134.

Thus, the pace of political repressions in Ukraine increased significantly last week compared to the week of June 2-9.

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.

Thus, today we can already talk about about 25 thousand political prisoners in Ukraine.