Ukraine's Embassy in Britain condemns opening of 'passport office' in Luhansk

Ukraine's Embassy in Britain has condemned the opening of an office receiving documents to obtain Russian passports in the occupied city of Luhansk.

The embassy wrote this on its Twitter account.

"We condemn the decision to open an illegal 'passport office' receiving applications to obtain Russian passports in Luhansk, a Ukrainian city in occupied Donbas. We expect our international partners to further strengthen sanctions against the Kremlin regime," the statement said.

Russian media reported earlier that an office receiving documents to obtain Russian passports opened in the occupied city of Luhansk on May 6.

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