{"id":629068,"date":"2026-10-22T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/10\/629068\/russians-intimidate-ukrainians-in-occupied-territories-for-refusing-russian-passports-ukraine-s-military-intelligence-reports-on-operation-illegal-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:43:01","slug":"russians-intimidate-ukrainians-in-occupied-territories-for-refusing-russian-passports-ukraine-s-military-intelligence-reports-on-operation-illegal-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/10\/629068\/russians-intimidate-ukrainians-in-occupied-territories-for-refusing-russian-passports-ukraine-s-military-intelligence-reports-on-operation-illegal-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians intimidate Ukrainians in occupied territories for refusing Russian passports: Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence reports on Operation \u201cIllegal-2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 22, <\/strong>2026, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine<\/strong> reported another stage of Russia\u2019s \u201cIllegal-2026\u201d<\/strong> operation, targeting Ukrainians living in temporarily occupied territories who refuse to obtain passports from the aggressor state. According to Ukrainian intelligence, during the first 10 days of October 2026<\/strong>, Russian security forces, together with the FSB, conducted raids in the occupied territories of Ukraine to identify people without Russian citizenship. The occupation authorities classify Ukrainians who have not obtained Russian passports as \u201cforeign citizens\u201d and apply Russian migration law to them.<\/p>\n

According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the operation is a tool for forced passportization and the displacement of the Ukrainian population from occupied territories.<\/strong> The intelligence agency says the aims of these actions include forcibly expelling local residents, illegally seizing their property, and dismissing them from their jobs.<\/p>\n

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine<\/strong> says that Russia is trying to change the national identity of the population in the occupied territories and drive Ukrainians out<\/strong> and replace them with people brought in from Russia<\/strong>. Ukrainian intelligence regards this policy as an instrument of ethnocide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine<\/strong> has drawn particular attention to the situation in temporarily occupied Luhansk region, where Russian security forces have begun checking even minors<\/strong> in an attempt to force them to obtain Russian passports. According to the intelligence agency, parents whose children do not have Russian documents are threatened with fines, imprisonment, and the loss of parental rights. <\/strong>Thus, the pressure is being applied not only to adults but also to children. Threats of forced eviction from their homes are used as a means of coercing people into acquiring Russian citizenship.<\/p>\n

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine<\/strong> also says that Moscow\u2019s policy is aimed at forcibly changing Ukrainian identity. The intelligence agency\u2019s statement stresses that Russia\u2019s actions bear the hallmarks of genocide against the Ukrainian people<\/strong> under international law, including the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Meanwhile, the \u201cIllegal-2026\u201d<\/strong> operation is being conducted not only in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine<\/strong>, similar raids are also taking place inside Russia, where Russian security forces are searching for migrant workers.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian intelligence says these people may subsequently be pressured into signing contracts to serve in Russian occupation forces. Thus, according to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine<\/strong>, operation \u201cIllegal-2026\u201d<\/strong> is being used as a mechanism to pressure Ukrainians in occupied territories\u2014from forced passportization and threats of property loss to the persecution of families with children.<\/p>\n

We previously reported:<\/h3>\n