UNIAN: Russia issues almost 45,000 passports to UkrainiansBy UNIAN. Published July 29, 2019 at 3:54 pm An employee dressed in traditional Ukrainian clothes invites customers in front of a restaurant in central Moscow on Oct. 6, 2018. Photo by AFPRussia has granted citizenship to 44,898 Ukrainians in the first half of 2019 (H1).Read more here.