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British intelligence has deemed the decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 20 as a new wave of “Russification policy” in illegally occupied parts of Ukraine. <\/p>\n

The decree<\/a> mandated that Ukrainian citizens “illegally” staying in Russia<\/a> must obtain Russian documents of leave before Sept. 10.<\/p>\n

“Putin’s decree is almost certainly intended to force the departure from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory of Ukrainian nationals who refuse to accept Russian passport and citizenship,” the British intelligence report<\/a> said. <\/p>\n

“Putin and the Russian senior leadership continue to prosecute a Russification<\/a> policy in illegally occupied Ukrainian territory, as part of longstanding efforts<\/a> to extirpate Ukrainian culture, identity and statehood,” according to the statement.<\/p>\n

The intelligence added that Russia “erroneously and illegally” defines both occupied and unoccupied Ukrainian territory in Donetsk<\/a>, Luhansk<\/a>, Kherson<\/a>, Zaporizhzhia<\/a> oblasts, as well as Crimea<\/a>, as part of Russia.<\/p>\n

The British intelligence statement comes after the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff openly parroted<\/a> Russian propaganda about the five Ukrainian regions in an interview with American far-right political commentator Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n

Witkoff said that the occupied and illegally annexed Crimea and parts of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are Russian-speaking and “indicated that they want to be under Russian rule” in referendums.<\/p>\n

Russia illegally annexed fully occupied Crimea<\/a> in 2014 and partially occupied<\/a> Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in 2022, following sham referendums at gunpoint rejected<\/a> by the international community as null and void.<\/p>\n

It had since systemically terrorized<\/a> Ukrainian civilians<\/a> and committed war crimes in Ukrainian sovereign territories, de facto treating them as its own regions.<\/p>\n

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U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, who recently emerged as a leading figure in negotiations regarding Russia and Ukraine, revealed insights into ongoing ceasefire talks between Moscow and Washington. In an interview on March 21 with American far-right talk show host Tucker Carlso\u2026<\/div>\n
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