This looks like it could be them trying to get out in front of the disappearance of various commentators from this part of Ukraine, Gonzalo Lira possibly amongst them. This story has been all over Twitter and I think this might be the start of their excuse spin.

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2022/apr/19/police-scout-for-pro-russian-collaborators-in-eastern-ukraine

Police scout for pro-Russia collaborators in eastern Ukraine

Officers in Donetsk say spies pass on coordinates or photographs of targets via Telegram in exchange for cash

Oleksandr Malish, the patrol police chief for the cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in the Donetsk region, is reluctant to call people suspected of collaborating with Russia Ukrainians.

“I cannot even call these people Ukrainians, even though they have Ukrainian passports and were born here and lived here all their lives,” said Malish. “These are not professional spies who were trained in Moscow and sent here.”

The two cities he oversees are in the pocket of the Donetsk region still controlled by Ukraine but surrounded by Russian forces on three sides. Part of his team’s job is rooting out and detaining suspected collaborators. Pro-Russian feeling still exists, he said, especially among marginalised sections of the population.

Malish said there were pro-Russia Telegram groups with the “Z” branding that were targeting residents. The administrator of the Telegram group would put out a notice asking for coordinates or photos of a certain place in exchange for money. When a person sent the “goods” to the administrator, they received up to £500 on their bank card, Malish said.

Meanwhile, this piece of shit is cheering them on (Not Max B, the yellow stain he quote tweets):

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1516157811620605958