President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree on April 24 simplifying the citizenship process for people in separatist-held regions of Ukraine, issuing a challenge to Ukraine’s president-elect that threatens to intensify the five-year war in the country’s east.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on Nov. 9, 2018 people stand as they wait for Denis Pushilin, acting leader of the Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk region, campaigning meeting and the concert in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
