“On the evening of Tuesday, July 19, the National Guard prevented the arson of the building of the passport office in Kherson,” the Telegram message says.

According to the agency, the military detained a man who intended to set fire to the building with the help of a Molotov cocktail.

On July 1, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR reported that about 300 thousand residents of the republic received Russian citizenship.

On the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, a second point for issuing Russian passports was opened.