Ukraine's Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning the decree as contemptible and evidence of Russia's desire to continue the war, annex territory, and assimilate Ukrainians. The ministry characterized the forced imposition of citizenship and the process for minors as violations of human rights and evidence of genocide.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry stated that the decree confirms Russia's unwillingness to negotiate and its desire to continue the war and annex Ukrainian territory.
The ministry described the procedure for issuing passports to Ukrainian children aged 14-18 forcibly moved to Russia as a flagrant violation of human rights and evidence of genocide.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu arrived in Kyiv on Dec. 28 and laid a wreath at the Heroes' Wall.
Lecornu planned to meet Oleksiy Reznikov and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, as reported by French media.
French Defense Minister Sbastien Lecornu stated that France would help with the maintenance of already allocated weapons and that a €200 million fund could be used to purchase new weapons like Mistral systems.
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