The ISW Briefing Room: Season 2 Episode 3

Russia has occupied about 20 percent of Ukraine for over four years.

ISW National Security Fellow Karolina Hird explains Russia’s campaign to repopulate occupied areas of Ukraine with Russian citizens, of which occupied Mariupol has become the epicenter. The resettlement campaign is part of Moscow’s efforts to “Russify” Ukraine — forcibly remaking occupied areas in Russia’s own image.

Read the full special report: Russia’s Resettlement Strategy in Occupied Ukraine

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