one of the last updates department depends on defense in England have disclosed it authority imposed by Russia in occupied Ukraine since the start of their invasion was”force” to the residents so received a Russian passport.

This has been described as attempt to “Russify” this area. “Almost certainly the authorities in the occupied territories of Ukraine they force residents to accept passports of the Russian Federation”, they warned in a post shared on Twitter.

Warning to Kherson residents

As if this wasn’t enough, this entity has acknowledged a stark warning to Kherson residentsa city in southern Ukraine that is an important port because it is located on the shores of the Black Sea and the Dnieper River: those who have not received a Russian passport before 1 June 2023 will be ‘deported’ and have their property confiscated.

In March 2022, the city is controlled by the Russian Federation in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as part of Kherson military and civil administration. In November last year, Ukraine celebrates the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson as one of its greatest victories until now since the invasion started.

Passport, tool in ‘Russification’

In this way, already can verify that Russia uses the passport as a “tool” in the ‘Rusification’ of the occupied territories, as had occurred in Donetsk and Lugansk prior to the February 2022 invasion.

“Most likely so Russia accelerates the integration of the occupied territories of Ukraine into the bureaucracy of the Russian Federation to help present the invasion as a successespecially before the 2024 presidential election,” they concluded firmly.

Reactivation of the Bakhmut raid

In a report last week, British intelligence services reported it Russia has reactivated its offensive on the town of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, since the Russian Ministry of Defense troops and the Wagner Group better cooperation.

Despite the fact that the Ukrainian defense still occupies the western district of the city, it had come under very heavy Russian artillery fire in the last few hours. in fact, mercenaries from the Wagner Group acknowledged having taken two new blocks west of Bakhmut.