KYIV. UkraineGate , 26 , May , 2022 | Political News .
Spokesman for the US State Department Ned Price called the simplified certification of residents of the territories occupied by the Russian occupiers in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine a disguised step and Russia’s attempt to subdue Ukrainians .
Quote
This is “only weakly disguised as an element of Russia’s attempt to subdue the people of Ukraine, to impose its will by force,” which we “strongly reject,” Price said during a briefing the day before.
“This is little different from Russia’s attempts to fabricate these fake referendums, referendums designed to give legitimacy to Russian rule over parts of Ukraine’s sovereign territory; “, which Russian forces and the Russian Federation have used in various contexts before – in Crimea in 2014, in Chechnya, and most recently (…) in particular in places such as Kherson,” he said.
Details
The US State Department spokesman also pointed to “some of the terrible tactics used by the Russian Federation in some parts of Ukraine, in eastern Ukraine, where its forces are present.”
“We have seen Russian forces forcibly evacuate people from the occupied territories. We have seen Russian forces transport Ukrainians to so-called filtration camps. We have seen Russian forces try by other means to subjugate or otherwise subjugate the Ukrainian people in these areas.” , – said Price.
Context
On May 25, it became known that Putin had signed a decree on the simplified issuance of Russian citizenship to residents of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
Source: Ukrgate
