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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Mari Saito

Fear and suspicion as Ukraine hunts for traitors in the east

Nataliia Kyrychenko, member of Vilkhivka village council, farm owner who was detained by Russian soldiers while her village of Kutuzivka was occupied, talks to local residents, living inside an underground shelter amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on the outskirts Kharkiv, Ukraine June 1, 2022. Picture taken June 1, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

As Ukraine hunts for traitors, the fear of Russian infiltration extends east, far from the capital.

The sense of paranoia runs deepest here, in eastern Ukraine, where suspicions of treason committed by locals divide formerly occupied villages like Kutuzivka, a once-sleepy hamlet east of Kharkiv, where signs of a recent Russian presence are everywhere.

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