Ukrainians living in Russian occupied territories are facing a myriad of threats, from torture and deportation to the Russification of their communities. On this episode of The Eastern Front, Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia welcome Karolina Hird, the Russia deputy team lead and Evans Hanson fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, to discuss her recent report, "The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification and Ethnic Cleansing in Occupied Ukraine." What tactics has Russia used in its attempts to erase Ukrainian identity? Does the Ukrainian government have a plan in place to reintegrate the Russian-occupied territories?

Show notes: Sign up for The Eastern Front‘s bi-weekly newsletter here and follow us on X here. "The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification and Ethnic Cleansing in Occupied Ukraine" by Karolina Hird. "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street" by Stanislav Aseyev.