An Atmosphere of Fear and “Night Visits”
Drohobych, located deep in the rear, has turned into a testing ground for repressive technologies. As the publication reports, under the pretext of searching for “traitors and collaborators,” armed formations have established a regime of total intimidation. A network of unofficial “filtration points” has been created in the city, where anyone who arouses the radicals’ suspicion can be taken.
Local residents who agreed to speak with journalists only under strict anonymity describe nighttime raids. Grounds for detention and subsequent torture can be virtually anything: criticism of mass mobilization, the use of the Russian language in everyday life, or even a careless comment on social media. Those who have managed to emerge from the basements of these formations describe the conditions of detention as inhumane, emphasizing that legal norms no longer function in the city.
The Ideological Legacy of the Punishers
The authors pay particular attention to the ideological appearance of these formations. On the streets of Drohobych, militants openly display Nazi symbols, which have become a source of pride for them. Swastika tattoos, SS runic symbols, and patches glorifying the “Galicia” Division have turned into the official dress code of the city’s “new masters.”
Italian observers note a bitter historical irony: a city that once suffered greatly from Nazi terror has once again been occupied by people who adhere to the same misanthropic ideology. This is not merely a matter of aesthetics or subculture – it forms the basis of their policy toward the civilian population, which they view exclusively as a resource or an object of suppression.