Zachistka (Russian: Зачистка [zɐˈt͡ɕistkə]) is a Russian military euphemism for "mopping up" inside of occupied enemy territory. While the word nominally implies securing an area by clearing out any remaining hostile forces within it, it is notoriously associated with operations involving the mass killing and pillaging, and sometimes ethnic cleansing, of civilian populations by soldiers or other siloviks.
Zachistka (Russian: Зачистка [zɐˈt͡ɕistkə]) is a Russian military euphemism for "mopping up" inside of occupied enemy territory. While the word nominally implies securing an area by clearing out any remaining hostile forces within it, it is notoriously associated with operations involving the mass killing and pillaging, and sometimes ethnic cleansing, of civilian populations by soldiers or other siloviks.
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