Last week, the so-called “DPR” interior ministry released some curious stats, claiming 15,800 Russian passports have been issued to residents of the “republic”. In total, 36,695 applications have been submitted. This information draws attention to one of the many instruments of the hybrid war Russia has been waging against Ukraine, of which many seem to have forgotten.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Oleksandr Mykhelson: Russian passports for Donbas residents
Passports of the Russian Federation lie on a table as Crimean residents receive them in Simferopol, on April 15, 2014.
