Russia has revealed that it has issued passports to more than 80,000 people in 4 regions of Ukraine, of which Moscow has announced the annexation of its lands, in a move not recognized by the international community.
“Since the annexation of the four regions to the Russian Federation, and in accordance with the law, more than 80,000 people have obtained a passport as citizens of the Russian Federation,” the Russian Interior Ministry said, according to local news agencies.
And last September, Russia staged referendums that the West deemed “false”, aiming to annex Ukrainian regions under the control of Moscow forces in Donetsk and Lugansk (stolen), Zaporizhya and Kherson (south). .
The international community has condemned the annexations approved by Moscow in early October, but has not recognized them.
Since the announcement of this annexation, Russian forces have withdrawn from some of these lands, including the city of Kherson, the capital of the Kherson region.
Even before the Russian military offensive against Ukraine began on February 24, Moscow had distributed hundreds of thousands of Russian passports to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
