Russia Plans to Expand Exploitation of Resources in Ukraine's Occupied Territories, Zelensky Says

Russia plans further resource extraction and grain exports from occupied Ukrainian territories, Zelensky warns

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate chief, Oleh Ivashchenko, has reported that Russia has plans for the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. On these occupied southern Ukrainian lands, Russia is reportedly pursuing the same strategies of looting and deindustrialization previously carried out in the seized areas of Donbas, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “There are plans to conduct geological surveys, rapidly extr…

Russia plans to expand exploitation of resources in Ukraine's occupied territories, Zelensky says

"In the southern Ukrainian lands currently under occupation, Russia plans to implement the same processes of looting and deindustrialization that it carried out in the captured Donbas region," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Zelensky: Russia Plans Large-Scale Resource Extraction in Occupied South

Analysts estimate hundreds of deposits are already under Russian control – including at least 478 in Luhansk, 684 in Donetsk, and nearly 200 across Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region.

Russia Moves to Exploit Ukraine’s Resources in Temporarily Occupied Territories

Russia is preparing to conduct geological exploration and begin extracting raw materials from at least 18 deposits in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine. This was confirmed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 6, referencing a report delivered by the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence Oleh Ivashchenko. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. DONATE NOW “On the southern Ukrainian lands…

Zelenskyy: Russia plans extraction and removal of valuable raw materials from 18 deposits in occupied territories

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a report from the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Oleh Ivaschenko regarding Russia’s plans for the use of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.