President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that only collaborators willingly took the passports of the occupying state of Russia in Kherson and Melitopol and they only need it to escape. Vladimir Zelensky said this in an evening video message on the 109th day of a full-scale invasion, June 12.

“In the occupied territory and in Russia, news about the distribution of Russian passports in Kherson, the distribution of passports in Melitopol. And I looked at who they put up in these news as Kherson and Melitopol residents, who allegedly want Russian passports. Several collaborators and people from their environment. Well, it's not more like a passport queue than trying to get a ticket to run away.. Very revealing,” the President said..

Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually dismissing the occupied territories of the Kherson region.

“Today, Tauride has been added to the list of returned settlements of our state. There are certain successes in the Zaporozhye region,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

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Recall that several dozen residents of the Kherson region, temporarily occupied by Russian invaders, received the first Russian passports. Among them is collaborator Volodymyr Saldo, whom the invaders “appointed” as the head of the fake “military-civilian administration” of the Kherson region.