{"id":1346956,"date":"2022-02-27T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346956"},"modified":"2022-02-27T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T14:52:54","slug":"theyre-dressed-like-you-and-me-in-kyiv-home-to-large-russian-minority-volunteers-hunt-saboteurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-dressed-like-you-and-me-in-kyiv-home-to-large-russian-minority-volunteers-hunt-saboteurs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;They&#039;re Dressed Like You and Me&#039; \u2013 In Kyiv, Home to Large Russian Minority, Volunteers Hunt &#039;Saboteurs&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheyre-dressed-like-you-and-me-in-kyiv-home-to-large-russian-minority-volunteers-hunt-saboteurs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238780271-e1645963047781-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As the Ukraine war rages on, armed local volunteers in the country\u2019s capital of Kyiv have been hunting Russian \u201csaboteurs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The hunt for saboteurs is on in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, as local volunteers, many of whom are armed with weapons they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/volunteers-hunt-traitors-and-kremlin-spies-as-fear-grips-kyiv-snp5r2qjp\">reportedly<\/a> unsure how to use, prepare to defend their city from Russian forces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A strict curfew has been imposed on the capital \u2014 home to a sizeable Russian minority \u2014 with Mayor\u00a0Vitali Klitschko warning that anyone caught outside between\u00a05 p.m. today and 8 a.m. on Monday would be considered \u201cmembers of the enemy\u2019s sabotage and reconnaissance groups\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that it is not just curfew-breakers being targeted as potential saboteurs, with a reporter for\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/volunteers-hunt-traitors-and-kremlin-spies-as-fear-grips-kyiv-snp5r2qjp\">describing<\/a> one instance where three men suspected of working with the Russians were held at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaboteurs,\u201d one policeman reportedly sneered as fighters rifled through the group\u2019s possessions. \u201cMaybe Russian.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The British newspaper of record\u2019s report goes on to note how the fear of Russian spies has spread like a virus through the population, with reports of possible infiltrators spreading like wildfire through online chat groups and social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s saboteurs around here. They\u2019re dressed like you, they\u2019re dressed like me,\u201d said one member of law enforcement. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for them. We found some this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard they\u2019re everywhere,\u201d another person \u2014 a young woman \u2014 told the publication. \u201cThey come and talk to you and ask you simple things, then try to attack you. Or they dress like normal people and go around in the city looking for targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, videos have reportedly emerged online of captured individuals alleged to be saboteurs, with the paper claiming many in the online posts are speaking under duress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PICS: Heavy Fighting as Russian Forces Battle for Control of Ukraine&#8217;s Second City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVd481zOzc\">https:\/\/t.co\/WVd481zOzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497896689058910209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the chaos, Ukrainian officials have said the public fear of Russian infiltration is justified, with the Deputy Minister of Defence reporting one instance of Russian troops allegedly dressing up as Ukrainian fighters penetrating the city centre, before being killed by local forces.<\/p>\n<p>As Russia penetrates further and further into the former Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian officials have been looking to employ ever more drastic measures to repel the invading forces.<\/p>\n<p>The government has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/24\/a-well-regulated-militia-ukraine-gives-guns-to-citizens-to-defend-our-country\/\">handing out<\/a> weapons to the citizenry to \u201cdefend the country\u201d, while gun ownership laws have also been relaxed significantly to get more firearms in the hands of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the country has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/27\/ukrainian-civilians-make-molotov-cocktails-to-fight-russia\/\">rallying<\/a> its population to make Molotov cocktails and aid the national defence.<\/p>\n<p>Weapons have also been flooding in from abroad, with Germany making a notable U-turning on its previous refusal to send weapons to the war-torn region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russian attack marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend against the invading army of Putin,\u201d Germany\u2019s Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re supplying 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to our friends in the Ukraine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Der russische \u00dcberfall markiert eine Zeitenwende. Es ist unsere Pflicht, die Ukraine nach Kr\u00e4ften zu unterst\u00fctzen bei der Verteidigung gegen die Invasionsarmee von <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Putin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Putin<\/a>. Deshalb liefern wir 1000 Panzerabwehrwaffen und 500 Stinger-Raketen an unsere Freunde in der <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bundeskanzler\/status\/1497632817450266632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Ukraine war rages on, armed local volunteers in the country\u2019s capital of Kyiv have been hunting Russian \u201csaboteurs\u201d. 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