Institute for the Study of War 11h ago

Russia has occupied about 20 percent of Ukraine for over four years. In this video, 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 about Russian resettlement in occupied Ukraine: https://isw.pub/RussiasResettlementStrategyYT Data Cutoff: June 16, 2026 Additional resources: Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur50/7805/2024/en/ Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/feature/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol/counting-the-dead New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/europe/russia-occupied-territories-mariupol.html CEPA: https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-ethnic-cleansing-by-home-loan/ Krym.Realii: https://ua.krymr.com/a/krym-rosiyski-viyskovi-ukraina-viyna-zemelni-dilianky/32413824.html ICRC Geneva Convention, Article 49: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-49 Rome Statute of the ICC, Article 8: https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/Rome-Statute-eng.pdf