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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky considers the issuance of Russian passports to Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas and Crimea as evidence of impunity and disrespect for international law.

“Issuance of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine of hundreds of thousands of passports of another state. citizens to take part in elections to the Russian parliament,” Zelensky said, speaking at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.