Overview

• Ukraine’s security service published an image appearing to show a Russian passport for Hennadii Trukhanov and said its evidence underpinned the decision.
• Trukhanov denied holding Russian citizenship and said he will challenge the move in court, pledging to appeal up to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
• Law enforcement told the Kyiv Independent that the decree also stripped citizenship from ballet dancer Serhii Polunin and ex-politician Oleg Tsaryov.
• Under Ukrainian law, loss of citizenship can trigger early termination of a mayor’s powers, with duties shifting to city council secretary Ihor Koval or to a presidentially appointed military administration.
• Protesters gathered in Odesa calling for Trukhanov’s removal as years of dual-nationality allegations and a fast-growing petition set the backdrop for the decree.