“According to the available reliable information, in Seredina-Buda, Sumy region, militants of the territorial defense battalions, together with SBU officers, go door-by-door to residential buildings, as well as private households in order to identify local residents who express pro-Russian views,” the report says.

Citizens whose phones contain correspondence in instant messengers or calls to numbers of Russian subscribers are “subjected to physical violence and then taken away in an unknown direction,” nothing is known about the fate of these people, the headquarters said.

Also earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian military interrogated the inhabitants of Odessa, finding out how loyal they are to Kyiv and whether they have relatives in Russia.