Ukraine should protect citizens living in temporarily occupied territories – SBU chief
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Ukraine should develop effective mechanisms to protect and support its citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories.
Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ivan Bakanov said this during a meeting with Heidi Grau, the new Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, and Martin Sajdik, who held this post since 2015, the SBU's press service reported.

“There are a lot of people in the temporarily occupied territories who, despite the actions of the invaders, do not give up hope for a united Ukraine and consider themselves Ukrainians. Therefore, we must support them and show that the state takes care of them and is grateful for their pro-Ukrainian position,” Bakanov noted.

He added that this issue was particularly important in the context of the illegal Russian "passportization" in the so-called DPR/LPR.

In addition, the parties discussed the possibility of deepening further cooperation with the OSCE to establish peace in eastern Ukraine as soon as possible.