A group of Volyn region’s residents, allegedly including local government officials, set up a mechanism for trafficking illegal migrants from Ukraine to the EU countries, as reported by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). According to the SBU operatives, the perpetrators produced fake documents and seals, required for foreign travel to the EU member states.
Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko says that in the militant stronghold of Luhansk, Russia's FSB has been detaining supporters of Igor Plotnitsky, the former self-styled leader of the Russian puppet "Luhansk People's Republic (LPR)" in eastern Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The arrests and demonstrative punishment of Ukrainian nationals by Russian special services are among the tools of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine, according to British MP Robert Seely, who spoke at the discussion titled “Russia’s Hybrid Warfare and Ukrainian Political Prisoners” held in British Parliament November 20, Voice of America reports.