Occupiers may seize up to 8,000 apartments in Luhansk — Regional Military Administration
In the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk, Russian authorities may seize thousands of apartments from local residents under the guise of so-called “nationalization.”
This was reported by Oleksiy Kharchenko, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration.
According to him, about 8,000 apartments in Luhansk itself are at risk. At the same time, across the occupied territory of the region, the occupiers may “nationalize” up to 50,000 residential properties, particularly under the pretext of utility bill arrears.
Under new rules that took effect in March, housing can be deemed “abandoned” if it is not listed in the Russian registry. Owners are given only 30 days to re-register.
Additional grounds for seizure may include non-payment of utility bills for a year or absence from the apartment for more than three months.
Such actions create a mechanism for the mass expropriation of Ukrainians’ housing in favor of the occupying administration.
On the temporarily occupied peninsula, Russian authorities have begun to seize housing and land plots from local residents on a massive scale.
In Crimea, the occupiers have launched a fake TV channel called “Tavria,” which operates using equipment stolen from Kherson.
