Russian occupying troops give out Russian passports to 12,000 Ukrainians

Roman Petrenko – Friday, 8 April 2022, 10:17

About 12,000 Ukrainians have been granted Russian citizenship "as a matter of urgency," said Oleg Kadochnikov, Deputy Head of the Migration Department of the Russian Interior Ministry.

Source: Oleg Kadochnikov in TASS

Details: Kadochnikov said that about 12,000 people have already received Russian passports.

According to the Migration Department, some of the displaced persons are staying in more than 800 temporary accommodation facilities; some 25,000 people, including 10,500 children, are housed there.

Ukrainians can work in Moscow without work permits, the press service for the Interior Ministry said.

Background: As of the end of March, Russians forcibly removed between 20,000 and 30,000 people from Mariupol alone.

Various media reported that Russian occupying troops had forcibly taken orphans from Mariupol to a hospital in Donetsk, according to the residents of the occupied city of Donetsk.