KYIV, Jan 31Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk considers the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation to consider providing Russian citizens from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics with the opportunity to apply for social benefits and benefits through public services as a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday instructed to consider the issue of providing citizens Russian Federation from the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR the possibility of applying for social payments and benefits through public services.Yesterday, 14:14, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry commented on Putin's order on social payments for Donbass «Any citizen of Ukraine, wherever he is, should receive maximum material protection from the state of Ukraine. But, as for any influence from other countries, even in temporarily occupied territories, unequivocally qualifies as the distribution of passports, as well as the annexation of Crimea, and the temporary occupation of Donbass is an impact on our sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Stefanchuk said at a briefing on Monday. Donbass. He stated that the issue is purely humanitarian in nature, Russia has no desire to create problems for Kiev, but the situation with civil rights in Donbass crosses the border. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. on the possibility of recognizing the DNR and LNR
