Russia intends to map the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Russia has launched a project to map occupied territories with the aim of legitimizing its annexation. The new initiative is aimed at increasing control and the possibility of property expropriations. The Russian occupiers seek to integrate these lands into their cadastre system, but this is not yet reflected in their registration systems.

A published tender for the creation of a single agricultural land map already costs nearly $4.89 million. However, the information used dates back to before 2002, ignoring more recent data. This may be an attempt by the Russian Federation to justify its actions by circumventing Ukrainian laws.

Ukrainian experts are outraged by this project, as they consider it an attempt to legitimize the occupation. Russia is trying to secure its control over these territories using dubious legal approaches to justify its actions and carry out illegal resource exports.

Russia has launched a project to map the occupied territories with the aim of legitimizing its annexation, which causes outrage among Ukrainian experts who fear that this could lead to the legitimization of occupation and violations of international law.