Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree allowing all Ukrainians to apply for fast-track Russian citizenship, expanding previous efforts to allow those in some southern and eastern Ukrainian regions to do the same.
The President of Russia gestures.
The move comes two months after Putin allowed residents of the southern Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia to apply for fast-tracked Russian citizenship.
The Kremlin allowed residents of the eastern Ukrainian regions to apply for citizenship in a simpler way.
Russia gave out passports to residents of two Ukrainian cities in June.
720,000 is the total number of people. According to the Associated Press, how many Ukrainians received Russian passports over the course of the next four years?
The distribution of Russian passports to ethnic Russians and other minorities outside of the country has been done by Russia in order to exert control in foreign states. The move to fast-track citizenship in the Donbas region was indicative of larger plans to annex the region, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The final Ukrainian-controlled city in the eastern Luhansk region was taken over by Russia. A Russian missile strike on a five-story residential block in eastern Ukraine killed 24 people as Russian forces tried to take control of the region.
Putin gives fast-track Russian citizenship to all ofUkraine.
Putin signs a decree to fast-track citizenship applications.
The death toll from the Russian strike on residential buildings has gone up.
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