Ukraine in Arabic | Terrorirsts want to strip Ukrainians from citizenship
KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ Rebels of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people’s Republic have threatened to strip Ukrainians there of their citizenship, according to a source within the seized territories.
The news comes just days after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said that Ukraine’s government would no longer pay pensions and other social benefits to people living in the areas of Ukraine that have been seized by Russian-backed militants.
The source told that residents of areas not under the control of the Ukrainian government who had not registered as displaced persons would be deprived of their Ukrainian citizenship.
The government says the payments will be accrued, and paid in full to residents once the occupied areas have been liberated.
As reported earlier, in September the leadership of the self-proclaimed LPR began to give people identity cards.