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FILE - A man suspected to be a Russian collaborator is detained during an operation by Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
FILE - A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) serviceman talks to a woman during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
FILE - Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter an apartment during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine's parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Roman Dudin, head of the Ukrainian Security Service in Kharkiv, poses for a photo inside a basement in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen detain a man suspected to be a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) serviceman looks out of a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
FILE - A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) serviceman detains a man suspected to be a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine's parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) serviceman plays with a cat during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
FILE - A woman looks as Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
FILE - A man suspected to be a Russian collaborator is detained during an operation by Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion. Offenders face up to 15 years in prison for acts of collaborating with the invaders or showing public support for them. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Viktor appeared nervous as masked Ukrainian security officers in riot gear and camouflage entered his cluttered apartment in the northern city of Kharkiv. He tried to cover his face with his hands.

The middle-aged man came to the attention of the Security Service of Ukraine after he praised Russian President Putin for fighting with the Nazis.

I supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine a lot. I'm sorry, but I have already changed my mind, said Viktor, his trembling voice showing clear signs of duress in the presence of the Ukrainian security officers.

An officer told him to get his things and get dressed. The last name of Viktor was not revealed by the SBU.

The anti-collaboration laws were enacted quickly by the parliament and signed by the president after Russia invaded.

It is a crime to collaborate with Russian forces, to make public denials about Russian aggression or to support Moscow. If someone's actions result in a death, they could face life in prison.

Zelenskyy said accountability for collaboration is inevitable, and whether it will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is another question.

Even though the Zelenskyy government has broad support, not all Ukrainians are in favor of the invasion. Some Russian-speaking residents of the east of the country support Moscow more than others. There had been a conflict between the Russian-backed rebels and the Ukrainian government for eight years.

More than 200 criminal cases on collaboration have been opened by the State Bureau of Investigations of Ukraine. Zelenskyy stripped two generals of their rank, accusing them of being traitors.

Theregistry of collaborators is being compiled and will be released to the public. He wouldn't say how many people have been targeted.

The largest pro-Russian political party, which had 25 seats in the 450-member parliament, has been banned because of martial law.

Pro-Russian activists in southeastern Ukraine are helping the invaders by acting as spotters.

Roman Dudin, head of the Kharkiv branch of the SBU, told The Associated Press that one of their main goals was to have no one stab the armed forces in the back. He spoke in a dark basement where the SBU had to move after it was hit by a shell.

People who support the invasion have been held by the branch and they claim that Ukrainian forces are shelling their own cities.

There are allegations of collaborating with the enemy. After years of Stalinist oppression, some in the region cooperated with invading forces from Nazi Germany. The cooperation of some Ukrainian nationalists with the Nazis was cited by the Soviet authorities as a reason to demonize the elected leaders of Ukraine.

The new laws have led to the arrest of dozens of pro-Russian activists in Kyiv, but how many have been arrested nationwide is unknown.

There is no complete data on the entire country since it is classified by the SBU.

Western countries such as the U.K. imposed harsh restrictions on civic liberties in Northern Ireland in order to bring about peace. He said that some of the restrictions were justified when people were in danger.

He said that martial law in Ukraine allows authorities to detain a person for up to 30 days without a court order.

There is no access to these people for 30 days.

The Ukrainian government knows the consequences of detaining people over their opinions, and that it risks playing into Moscow's line that it is oppressing Russian speakers.

In wartime, officials say, freedom of speech is only part of the equation.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the AP that the debate about the balance of national security and ensuring freedom of speech is endless.

In the town of Bucha, which has become a symbol of horrible violence in the war, the Mayor said that there were people who gave the names and addresses of pro-Ukrainian activists and officials in the city outside of Kyiv, with hundreds of civilians shot to death.

I saw these execution lists, dictated by the traitors, who knew in advance who they were going to and who lived there.

The city of Mariupol was cut off from the outside world in a matter of days.

The Mayor of Mariupol said that he understood why the Russians were carrying out such precise, coordinated strikes on objects of critical infrastructure.

Many Russian sympathizers have been turned off by the invasion and brutality of the Russian troops. Many Moscow supporters are still here.

Many residents of the east who watch Russian TV channels believe that Ukrainians are shelling them and other myths, according to Volodymyr Fesenko of the Penta Center.

The 86-year-old Volodymir Radnenko didn't seem surprised when Ukrainian security arrived at his flat to search it after detaining his son, Ihor. The military said the son was suspected of helping the Russians in shelling of the city about 15 minutes before the officers showed up, and the smell of smoke lingered in the area. Two people were killed and 19 others were wounded in the region.

He is used to thinking that Russia is all there. It's not our people, it's your fascists, and he only gets angry at that.

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There is a report from Lviv, Ukraine. A contribution was made by Vasilisa Stepanenko in Kharkiv.

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The war in Ukraine is covered by the AP.

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