Russia’s move is an early test for Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky, who won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election and has pledged to find a peaceful solution to the conflict
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Five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed forces have killed 13,000 people despite a notional ceasefire signed in 2015. Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin denounced the move on Twitter as a “continuation of aggression and interference in our internal affairs”, urging Ukrainians living under occupation not to apply for Russian passports.
Swathes of the two regions are now under the de facto control of the Moscow-backed rebels, while Kiev says it is determined to re-assert its control, a position backed by most Western countries.Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, said Russia’s move was intended to give Moscow legal cover for deploying its troops to eastern Ukraine on the pretext of protecting Russian citizens.
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