Russians force schoolchildren to obtain Russian passports in temporarily occupied Melitopol

In case of refusal, the Russian military threatens the parents of the graduates with the impossibility of obtaining school-leaving certificates, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Earlier, the Russians obliged all residents of the temporarily occupied territories to obtain a Russian passport at the age of 14. In case of refusal, their parents will pay a fine, and in the future, they may be deprived of parental rights.

The Russians are also blocking the evacuation of people without Russian passports from Oleshky, Kherson region, as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP. Russians stopped cars from Oleshky and checked Russian passports. It is not yet possible to evacuate many people.