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An Odesa court has found Volodymyr Saldo, a Ukrainian politician turned top Russian proxy in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, guilty of treason, collaborationism, and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An apartment in Yalta, occupied Crimea, owned by the family of President Volodymyr Zelensky, was auctioned off by Russian proxies after being seized by the occupying authorities, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Crimean service reported on Oct. 30.

A Russian official in occupied Crimea claimed that the CIA, MI6, and Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) collaborated to attack the Crimean bridge with naval drones, Russian state-run media Ria Novosti said on Oct. 24.

The suspect is the director of a foundry in the temporarily occupied city of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast. According to the investigators, the businessman continued to conduct business in the city even after its capture by Russian forces in 2014.

An investigation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered the identity of a Ukrainian who is responsible for the kidnapping and torture of civilians in Russian-occupied Kherson, the SBU announced on Oct. 9.

According to the Center, occupation forces resorted to violent threats against civilians in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts during robberies at gunpoint.

The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) has detained a Russian proxy at a checkpoint in Kherson Oblast; the man was in contact with the Russians. Source: Southern Operational and Territorial Unit of the NGU Details: A man with no identification documents was detained at the checkpoint during an inspection.

A Moscow court has extended the arrest of Igor Girkin, a former commander of Russian proxy forces in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, for three more months, Russian media reported on Sept. 12.

Multiple Russian media outlets reported Ukraine's strike on the Crimean Bridge on Aug. 12, as videos showing smoke rising near the bridge emerged online.

Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on July 25 that Igor "Strelkov" Girkin, the recently arrested Russian war criminal, is a "political prisoner" who was "detained illegally."