Occupying regime in Kherson region forcibly issues "russian citizenship" to newborns
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The occupying "power" of the Kherson region declared that all children born in the area after February 24 would automatically receive russian citizenship
The deputy head of the occupation "administration," Kyrylo Stremousov, announced this, quoted by the Kremlin newspaper TASS.
All children born in the Kherson region after February 24 will automatically receive russian citizenship.
According to him, orphans have already received russian citizenship.
Stremousov assures that russian passports are in high demand in the region, and people are "standing in line en masse."
The collaborator also says that more than 10,000 applications for russian citizenship have been submitted in the region.
As Rubryka reported, on the first day of distribution, only 23 people from all over Kherson took russian passports, including a collaborator and former mayor, Volodymyr Saldo.
Earlier, the British Intelligence reported that russia was likely to claim the occupation of the Kherson region as evidence of delivering improved governance and living standards to the Ukrainian people.
"In the occupied Kherson region, russia is forcibly aligning its administration with that of the russian federation by introducing the russian rouble as legal tender and employing russian teachers to introduce the russian curriculum and language to schools.
russia will highly likely claim its occupation of Kherson as evidence of delivering improved governance and living standards to the Ukrainian people," British intelligence said.
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Kherson is the only city of regional significance that russian troops managed to occupy since the beginning of March. The russian forces established the illegal pro-russian administration in the town in April.
By cutting off Kherson region residents from Ukrainian TV, radio, and mobile service, occupiers attempt to isolate the Ukrainian people and try to introduce the rouble and russian passports and organize a pseudo-referendum, repeating the scenario of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. For russia, annexing the Kherson region is a key to establishing a land bridge to Crimea.
Since early March, people have gathered in pro-Ukrainian rallies, proving that Kherson is a part of Ukraine. After a few powerful protests, the russian troops began to disperse the gatherings by shooting at people and using stun grenades.
Since the Kherson region has been temporarily occupied, russia's occupation forces have continued kidnapping and torturing civilians, especially local activists, volunteers, and people with an open pro-Ukrainian position. The humanitarian situation in the city is critical, with shortages of Ukrainian medicine and food supplies.
Since the occupation, there has been no official "green" corridor for civilians to evacuate from the region; people have been leaving their homes, risking their own lives. There have been cases when russian soldiers shot civilians in the evacuation convoys.
