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Ukraine's New Master of Order and Chaos and the Hunt for Saboteurs and Collaborators

Ukraine's New Master of Order and Chaos and the Hunt for Saboteurs and Collaborators

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING - Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced new sanctions against more than 650 individuals and legal entities that the government describes as “working for Russian aggression.” “None of those who help terrorists, work for them, supply or produce weapons for terror will escape responsibility” Zelensky said last week, in a video message.

Dealing with saboteurs and collaborators – those who secretly helped Russia lay the groundwork for their invasion of Ukraine a year ago - is a task that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has been dealing with since the first day of the war, according to its new director, Ihor Klymenko.

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