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Russia is trying to install pro-Kremlin
officials in
occupied cities, but Ukrainians are
fighting back
By Rob Picheta; Paul P Murphy; Josh Pennington, Emmet Lyons and Mariya Knight; CNN
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ussia is facing new forms of resistance in the cities it has seized in Ukraine;
where attempts
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to abduct and replace political leaders have been met with legal pushback and defiant
public protests.
Russian troops have detained the mayors of at least two regions, Ukrainian officials say, replacing one
with a
pro-Kremlin opposition member: Lawmakers in a third Russian-occupied city say the
groundwork is being laid for
political coup.
Despite overcoming significant Ukrainian military
resistance to occupy the territories, attempts to oust local
leaders have led to new difficulties for Moscow:
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Ukraine's prosecutor general has opened
treason
investigation into Galina Danilchenko, the newly installed
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mayor of Russian-occupied Melitopol in southeastern
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