UK intelligence: Russia using passports as tool in 'Rusification' of Ukraine's occupied areas

Russia is using passports as a tool in the ‘Russification’ of the occupied areas, the UK Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Report informs via RBC Ukraine that, according to the statement, residents in Kherson have been warned that those who have not accepted a Russian passport by June 1, 2023 will be 'deported' and their property seized.

"Russia is likely expediating the integration of the occupied areas of Ukraine into the bureaucracy of the Russian Federation to help paint the invasion as a success, especially in the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections," the UK ministry says.