The occupation administration in Luhansk has announced a large-scale “inventory” of housing.
This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.
According to statements by the so-called city head, Yana Pashchenko, more than 7,900 apartments already show signs of being “ownerless property”. Propagandists justify this as “concern for safety”. Allegedly, empty apartments threaten neighbors with fires and flooding.
To that end, in March 2026 the occupiers adopted amendments to the so-called “LPR” law on ownerless housing, which made it possible to seize real estate if the owner does not appear in person within 30 days after the publication of the “ownerless property” list. This is physically impossible for most Ukrainians who have left the occupied areas.
So far, more than 180 lawsuits have already been recorded seeking to transfer apartments into “municipal ownership”. The occupiers do not hide that they also plan to seize commercial real estate in the same way.
The CCD notes that such measures are a tool of forced passportization. Owners are given an ultimatum: either return to the temporarily occupied territories and legalize their status under Russian law, or lose their property for good.
- The occupiers plan to hand over seized housing to collaborators, militants, and settlers from Russia. This is a systematic Kremlin policy that once again proves that in the seized territories it is not the rule of law that prevails, but looting elevated to the level of state policy.