“Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will record and study this data as part of the investigation of criminal cases on the crimes of the Kyiv regime, and will also take measures to identify the persons involved in these crimes,” the agency said in a Telegram message.

Earlier, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the region, said that teachers, business leaders, mayors of cities in the Zaporozhye region and other people engaged in peaceful professions receive regular threats of imprisonment or death due to cooperation with Russia. 

The Investigative Committee will also launch an investigation into the shelling of Makeevka and Donetsk, which resulted in the death of civilians.