This book reveals the mechanisms of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian mainland areas during the full-scale invasion. What kind of regime has Russia established since the beginning of its occupation and annexation of Ukrainian territory? What does the occupation mean for those affected, how do they experience Russian control, and how do they cope with the imposition of Russian order? What kind of everyday practices, tensions, and contradictions emerge? The ultimate aim of Russia’s occupation policy since 2022 is the destruction of Ukraine’s distinctive political, social, linguistic, and religious identity. Occupation means forced displacement, destruction, theft of property, systematic repression, regular human rights abuses, denigration, the imposition of Russia’s imperial narrative, control of the public sphere, the Russification of society, the economy, and polity, and forcing people to adopt humiliating survival strategies. The experience of war and occupation entails shock, violence, torture, and sexual abuse as a “new normal.” Russia intentionally destroys the social fabric and solidarity of Ukrainians.
Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bonn and Senior Researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies. He taught at the Free as well as Humboldt University of Berlin, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Cologne. He has given policy advice to Germany’s Chancellery, Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Parliament, as well as the European Parliament, OSCE, NATO, and EU. Heinemann-Grüder’s previous books include Sowjetische Politik im arabisch-israelischen Konflikt (Deutsches Orient-Institut 1991), Die Spezialisten (with Ulrich Albrecht and Arend Wellmann; Dietz 1992), Der heterogene Staat (BWV 2000), Federalism Doomed? (Berghahn 2002), Die sowjetische Atombombe (Westfälisches Dampfboot 2002), Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung (Budrich 2011), Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung (co-edited with Isabella Bauer; Budrich 2012), Lehren aus dem Ukrainekonflikt (co-edited with Claudia Crawford and Tim Peters; Budrich 2021), and Osteuropa zwischen Mauerfall und Ukrainekrieg (co-authored with Ulrich Schmid, Angelika Nussberger and Martin Aust; Suhrkamp 2022).
Dmitry Durnev
Dmitry Durnev is an independent journalist in Ukraine who has been working for Open Democracy, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Spektr Press, and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Formerly, he was editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets - Donbass.
Julia Friedrich
Julia Friedrich is Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin and was a visiting fellow at the Razumkov Centre in Kyiv. Her research has focused on security dynamics in Russia and Ukraine, the impact of the Donbas War on social cohesion in eastern Ukraine, and the reintegration of veterans into Ukrainian society.
Sergey Savchenko
Sergey Savchenko, Lt. Gen. (Ret.), heads the Analytical Center for the Study and Counteraction to Hybrid Threats in Kyiv. In 2004–05, he was Deputy Head of the Multi-National Division South-Centre in Iraq, and, in 2014–16, he participated in Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation against Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas.
Jan Philipp Wölbern
Jan Philipp Wölbern, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Ukraine bureau
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| Foreword by | Jan Philipp Wölbern |
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| Number of Pages | 144 |
| Language | English |
| Type | Paperback |
| Format | 210,0 mm x 148,0 mm |
| Publication date | 02.04.2026 |
| ISBN | 978-3-8382-2091-8 |
| Weight | 227 g |
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