Occupiers try to bribe pensioners in captured territories - AFU General Staff

Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territories are trying to bribe old people and attract them to the side of the occupiers, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff has said on Facebook.

In particular, the Russians are offering Ukrainian pensioners extra payments of 10,000 rubles, as well as promising large salaries to loyal locals who have agreed to work in the institutions of the so-called occupying authorities.

In addition, the occupiers continue the forced passportization of the population of the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

Numerous facts of bribery and replacement of passports are reported by residents of Melitopol district of Zaporizhzhya region. This happens against the background of withdrawal of hryvnias from retail chains and imposition of payments in rubles

We would like to point out that more than half of Zaporizhzhya Region is still occupied by Russia. And shelling continues in Ukrainian-controlled towns and villages