Occupation authorities announce transfer of Azov coast to Minsk

The occupying head of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, has declared his readiness to transfer part of the Azov and Black Sea coast to Belarus under the guise of "resort projects." In fact, this is an attempt to dispose of Ukrainian land and involve a third state in its control.

This was reported by the Center for National Resistance.

According to the CNS, negotiations on the transfer of land between Henichesk and Arabatska Strilka to Belarusian structures have been ongoing since at least the summer of 2024. At the same time, it is a question of long-term use of the territory, not ordinary tourist plans, although Saldo calls it "an exchange of political loyalty."

Analysts of the National Center for Social Studies emphasize that there will be no "sanatoriums" there. These areas can be used as logistics bases, closed areas and dual-use infrastructure for the security forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus.

In fact, under the "resort facade," Moscow is creating an actual military and political presence of the allied state on the illegally occupied Ukrainian lands, which is a strategic step in an attempt to consolidate control over southern Ukraine.

Also, the occupiers are planning to build new prisons in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region.

The occupying authorities, represented by the so-called "governor" Saldo, met with the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation, Arkady Guestev. The official goal is to "restore and build" correctional facilities on the seized territory. However, according to sources, the real goal is to create an extensive network of detention facilities to hold civilians suspected of "disloyalty" as well as its own military deserters.

Russia has already identified a number of locations, mostly on the basis of old pre-trial detention centers and industrial facilities, preparing a new system of repression and terror in the region.

Earlier, the CNS reported that the Russian authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have come up with a way to subsidize collaborators by providing them with crop subsidies.

Under the guise of supporting the production of potatoes and vegetables, the so-called "government" provides money only to loyalists. The central element of the scheme is forcing farmers to sell their crops for nothing to proxy firms that export Ukrainian products to Russia. The CNS emphasizes that these subsidies are taking place while the majority of the population is surviving without water and electricity.

Катерина Глушко