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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the simplified procedure of granting Russian citizenship to residents in Russia-occupied Donbas slows the peace process in eastern Ukraine.

“The Russian Federation has crossed another red line, openly and disrespectfully torpedoing the peace process in Donbas,” Poroshenko said in a video address.