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Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea

Three years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control, beginning in Crimea.

Russia’s land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity and Russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control. Part one looks at “ripe for Russification” Crimea, which was annexed 11 years ago. Part two focuses on Moscow’s subsequent efforts to assert itself in the separatist East. And in part three we explore the Kremlin’s challenges in subjugating parts of the newly occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. As time passes, the uncertainty over the future of what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger.

Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg

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27 minutes

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Sat 22 Feb 2025 19:32GMT

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