The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry voiced protest against the opening of Russia-based centers that issue passports to Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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A Ukrainian border guard scans a passport of a Russian citizen crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border on the checkpoint of Hoptivka, near Kharkiv, on Jan. 3, 2018.
