About 8 million citizens of Ukraine sought refuge in Europe. Another 4.5 million, according to Moscow’s figures, have fled to the Russian Federation
About 300,000 Ukrainian citizens have received Russian passports after the Russian military invaded Ukrainian territory on February 24, according to the Russian news website Mediazona.
Between 70,000 and 80,000 people received Russian passports in October alone, the Kremlin-critical media outlet reported yesterday, citing figures from the Interior Ministry in Moscow.
The majority of applicants obtained their passports in the southern Rostov-on-Don region and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
The proliferation of applications is attributed to the fact that those living in Ukrainian territories under Russian occupation are deprived of fundamental rights, according to Mediazona. They don’t even acceptmedical care‘, nor support from the ‘welfare system’ if they don’t have a Russian passport, according to the website, which singled out the case of a family taken to Crimea. Her child fell ill and, to ensure access to the health system, the parents decided to apply for passports.
Millions of people were forced to flee their homes after the war broke out. About 8 million citizens of Ukraine sought refuge in Europe. Others 4.5 million., according to Moscow numbers, have appealed to the Russian Federation.
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