The presence of Wagner in Belarus has caused jitters in neighbouring NATO states. In May, Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin said the Kremlin had given passports to almost 1.5 million people in annexed parts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia since last October. The Kremlin has consistently denied allegations of war crimes in Ukraine by forces taking part in a "special military operation" it says was launched to "de-Nazify" its neighbour and protect Russia. One of the lead researchers, Nathaniel Raymond from the Yale School of Public Health, said Russia appears to breaking international humanitarian law. It added the practice has been made possible by a series of decrees signed by President Putin, slowly forcing Ukrainians to get Russian passports. The report says those who do not seek Russian citizenship "are subjected to threats, intimidation, restrictions on humanitarian aid and basic necessities, and possible detention or deportation – all designed to force them to become Russian citizens."
Researchers at Yale University say residents in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions are being targeted in a "systemtic effort to strip them of Ukrainian identity." Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory are facing detention or deportation unless they agree to take Russian citizenship, according to a new report.
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