Overview

• A presidential decree stripped Hennadiy Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship after the SBU published documents it says show he holds a valid Russian foreign passport and a Russian taxpayer ID.
• The SBU says the passport was issued on December 15, 2015, and that its new findings overturn a 2016 probe that had found no proof of Russian citizenship.
• Trukhanov denies holding Russian citizenship, calls the move a falsification, and vows to challenge it in Ukrainian courts and, if needed, at the European Court of Human Rights.
• Ukrainian law makes loss of citizenship grounds for early termination of a mayor’s powers, and the presidency has created an Odesa Military Administration now led by Serhii Lysak.
• The SBU also confirmed Zelensky revoked the citizenships of ballet dancer Serhii Polunin and former politician Oleg Tsaryov in a broader action targeting alleged Russian affiliations.