How Russia seizes homes in occupied Ukraine | Global News Podcast
Russia is systematically seizing tens of thousands of homes across four illegally annexed regions of Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Documents analysed by
Russia is systematically seizing tens of thousands of homes across four illegally annexed regions of Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Documents analysed by the BBC show that 34,000 properties have been taken - or been earmarked for confiscation - so they can be given to Russian passport holders. Olga Robinson of BBC Verify tells us how the Kremlin has used the strategy of "Russification" in occupied Ukraine.
The practice of seizing homes was formalised in a law signed by Vladimir Putin last year. Moscow says it is part of a “legal framework for integrating the reunited regions” into the Russian system. But critics have described it as "demographic engineering" - an attempt to transform the social and political fabric of occupied territory, and make it harder, and less desirable, to ever reintegrate these lands with Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will not accept any peace deal that cedes territory to Russia. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #bbcnews 00:00 Introduction 00:22 How Russia seizes homes in occupied Ukraine 01:26 Who are the Ukrainians losing their homes?
03:22 Why are the Russians seizing homes? 05:01 What is "Russification"? 05:44 Living in a "mixed Russian-Ukrainian household" 07:32 Where does this leave Ukrainians?
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