Russian invaders massively kidnap men in temporarily occupied territories and demand ransom.

The payment for ‘return to normal life’ depends on the family’s wealth and ranges from 10,000 to 30,000 USD.

This is evidenced by new interceptions, as well as intelligence obtained by the SSU from the temporarily occupied territories. Here are some appeals to the so-called ‘temporary military administration of russia’ in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region:

- ‘Your guys from the commandant's office came just now, put my husband in the trunk and took him away. They didn’t show any documents, nothing…’

- ‘They held him down, put him in the trunk. They took our car and walk-behind tractor… They said they were from the police…’

- ‘They took my husband and said that he was taken to Melitopol to the 58th army or the 58th army took him away. What should I do?’

The answer to all these questions is about the same: these issues are not solved on the phone.

When the relatives come to the ‘officials’, they are told the ‘price’ and the ‘trade’ begins.

The SSU systematically records crimes of the occupiers and their accomplices.