The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Wednesday morning that Russian troops are exerting “moral and physical pressure” on the population of the occupied territories, reports The Kyiv Independent.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantPhoto: STRINGER / AFP / Profimedia

Almost 1,500 Zaporizhia NPP workers, who refused to receive Russian passports and sign an agreement with Rosatom, do not have passes and are not allowed to enter the facility.

The Russian military is looking for recruits in Russia to deliver to the nuclear power plant.

According to the Ukrainian military, they are allegedly preparing housing for future employees through the so-called “nationalization” of apartments of local residents who have left.

Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions were annexed by Russia after so-called referendums, which Ukraine and the West consider illegal.

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