Forced Russification of Ukrainians. British intelligence assessed Putin's new decree on citizenship of RF
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Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:03:00 +0200

British intelligence assessed Putins new decree on Russian citizenshipBritish intelligence noted that on March 20, 2025, Putin signed a decree that obliged Ukrainian citizens living in Russia or in Russianoccupied Ukrainian territory to regulate their legal status by September 10, 2025 or leave this territory.The British claim that Putins decree almost certainly aims to forcibly remove from the Russianoccupied territory of Ukraine Ukrainian citizens who refuse to accept Russian passports and citizenship.
Putin and the Russian top leadership continue to pursue a policy of Russification in illegally occupied Ukrainian territory, part of a longterm effort to eradicate Ukrainian culture, identity, and statehood.
British intelligence officials noted that Russia erroneously and illegally identifies both occupied and unoccupied Ukrainian territory in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, Kherson regions, as well as Crimea, as part of the Russian Federation.This directly contradicts Russias recognition of Ukraines independence and sovereignty after the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as broader international recognition of Ukraine.In this context, it is worth noting that US Presidential Special Envoy Stephen Witkoff, in a recent interview, actually recognized the referendums that Russia held in the occupied territories in 2022.
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