As reported in the office of the head of state, the mechanism should work for "aspiring to join the development of their historic homeland."
"Also, Vladimir Zelensky orders to develop a mechanism for the simplified granting of Ukrainian citizenship to people who suffer from the violation of rights and freedoms in their countries," said the Zelensky administration.
They said that the office of the president “sadly and indignantly met the news of the extension of the arrest of 24 Ukrainian sailors”, as well as the signing of a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin on obtaining Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.
Earlier, the Russian leader expanded the number of Ukrainian citizens who can obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.
Ukrainians, who lived not only in “certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine”, but also residents of these regions as a whole, will be able to count on obtaining citizenship.