This week several pro-Kremlin publications declared that Ukraine admitted that Moscow is really protecting the residents of Russian occupied Donbas. Ukraina.ru and Luga news write that official Kyiv recognizes that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s May 1 decree to ease the procedure for obtaining Russian passports for Donbas residents is aimed at protecting the citizens of his country. This admission is attributed to Ukraine’s Deputy Minister for the Occupied Territories Yuriy Hrymchak.
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Stop Fake: Kyiv recognizes that Russia is protecting Donbas residents (fake)
People watch multiple launch rocket system of pro-Russian rebels patroling in the center of Donetsk during WWII Victory Day parade on May 9, 2017.