Russia Offers Quick Citizenship to Ukrainians in Conflict Zones

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ChinesePod News - April 25, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to expedite the Russian passport application process for Ukrainians living in conflict zones controlled by Russian-backed separatists. Ukrainian officials stated that the law confirms Russia’s “aggressor state” role in the conflict in Ukraine.

 

Vocabulary

加速 to expedite

痛斥 to denounce

版图 territory

剥夺 deprive of

吞噬 encroach

Vocabulary

加速 to expedite

痛斥 to denounce 

版圖 territory

剝奪 deprive of

吞噬 encroach

News Transcript

俄国总统普京签署一项命令,加速住在顿涅茨克和卢甘斯克的乌克兰居民,护照申请的程序;两地受俄国支持的分离主义叛军所控制。

根据《美联社》报导,普京形容提供公民身分的政策为人道考虑。

乌克兰政府痛斥这项法令为俄国企图进一步将两冲突区纳入该国版图的策略。

乌克兰外交部长克里姆金在推特上发文表示:「我呼吁俄国占领地的乌克兰公民,切勿接受俄国护照。俄国已剥夺你的当下,现在更将吞噬你的未来。」

在乌克兰选出总统泽连斯基数日后,克里姆林宫便颁布该法令。

对此,泽连斯基的办公室发表声明,表示俄国此举使其在乌克兰冲突中「侵略国」的角色一览无遗,且「对解决战争毫无帮助」。

自2014年起,因亲俄分裂主义叛军和乌克兰政府的战事,东乌克兰已有逾13,000人丧命。

News Transcript

俄國總統普京簽署一項命令,加速住在頓涅茨克和盧甘斯克的烏克蘭居民,護照申請的程序;兩地受俄國支持的分離主義叛軍所控制。

根據《美聯社》報導,普京形容提供公民身分的政策為人道考慮。

烏克蘭政府痛斥這項法令為俄國企圖進一步將兩衝突區納入該國版圖的策略。

烏克蘭外交部長克里姆金在推特上發文表示:「我呼籲俄國占領地的烏克蘭公民,切勿接受俄國護照。俄國已剝奪你的當下,現在更將吞噬你的未來。」

在烏克蘭選出總統澤連斯基數日後,克里姆林宫便頒布該法令。

對此,澤連斯基的辦公室發表聲明,表示俄國此舉使其在烏克蘭衝突中「侵略國」的角色一覽無遺,且「對解決戰爭毫無幫助」。

自2014年起,因親俄分裂主義叛軍和烏克蘭政府的戰事,東烏克蘭已有逾13,000人喪命。

Vladimir Putin has signed a law to expedite the Russian passport application process for Ukrainians living in Donetsk and Luhansk, which are under the control of Russian-backed separatists.

Putin characterized the citizenship offer as a humanitarian gesture, the Associated Press reported.

Ukrainian officials denounced the decree, describing it as a strategy to further integrate the conflict zones into Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin tweeted, “I call on Ukrainian citizens in Russian-occupied territories not to accept Russian passports. Russia has deprived you of the present, but now it encroaches on your future.”

The Kremlin announced the citizenship decree just days after Ukrainians elected Volodymyr Zelenskiy as their new president.

Zelenskiy’s office has issued a statement that the move demonstrates Russia’s position as an “aggressor state” in the conflict in Ukraine and that it “does not bring us closer to the main goal of stopping the war.”

Since 2014, over 13,000 people in eastern Ukraine have died in the fighting between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian government.

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