Almost 600 thousand Ukrainian citizens have received passports of the Russian Federation in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

This was reported by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova following a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, Ukrinform reports..

" In particular, in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions - almost 600 thousand Ukrainian citizens received passports - these are officials of local authorities, teachers, doctors.

They act on the principle - if you don't get a passport, you don't work, "

She noted that the occupation authorities of Crimea, in particular, are forcing teachers, other school workers and their families to register for the " " If this procedure is not followed, the occupation authorities threaten them with dismissal.. I am convinced that this is being done with the aim of further realizing the subjectivity of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, "