Putin Issues Ultimatum: Ukrainian Immigrants Must Regularize Status or Depart Russia by Sept. 10

Moscow [
Russia
], March 21 (ANI):
Russia
President Vladimir Putin has issued yet another warning to Ukrainian nationals residing in Russia, mandating they regularize their residency permits by September 10 or face expulsion, according to reports from the Moscow Times citing a presidential decree released on Thursday.

The decree indicated that Ukrainians lacking “legal authorization to remain or live in”
Russia
” must leave
Russia
or acquire citizenship within the coming six months and ten days.

According to The Moscow Times, these directives affect individuals holding Ukrainian passports from four areas that are partly under occupation: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
Russia
alleges to have taken control of these areas in 2022.

The directive also encompasses the inhabitants of Crimea.
Russia
allegedly took control of in 2014.

Russia
In recent years, local authorities have put pressure on Ukrainians in these occupied areas to obtain citizenship. Putin has stated that the process for “largely completing” the widespread distribution of passports has been accomplished.
Russia
Last year, according to The Moscow Times, several passports were issued in these areas.

Meanwhile,
Ukraine
have condemned
Russia
refers to “passportisation” as being both “illegal” and a “serious infringement.”
Ukraine
“The West, including European Union countries, has criticized this action, with the EU declining to acknowledge these passports as legitimate travel documents,” according to reports from The Moscow Times.

In the meantime, the attempts to come to terms with a truce arrangement between
Russia
and
Ukraine
continue with US President
Donald Trump
stating on Wednesday that he had an “excellent” one-hour conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump likewise conducted discussions with
Russia
In a statement made by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Furthermore, the ceasefire discussions are scheduled to start in Jeddah on Sunday, with expectations pinned on the United States.
Ukraine
To back the accords made during their latest telephone discussion, as stated by President Trump’s special envoy Steven Witkoff, according to TASS.
Russia
n News Agency reported.

During an appearance on Fox News, Witkoff talked about his conversations with Putin, stating, “I met with President Putin twice. The initial meeting lasted approximately three and a half hours, and the subsequent one went on for nearly four hours.”

He went on, “Both were very persuasive. I believe we achieved significant progress, and during the second discussion, we genuinely pinpointed the issues, definitely compared to the
Russia
From our perspective, we quickly entered into talks regarding specific, actionable steps to advance toward a ceasefire. This includes the ceasefires concerning energy infrastructure mentioned earlier, an initiative they have been working on for quite a while now.” (ANI)