Ukraine allows multiple citizenship as war drags on


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  • Wednesday, 18 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses lawmakers during a parliament session in Kyiv, Ukraine October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Andrii Nesterenko/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainians will be able to hold dual or multiple citzenship under a law approved by the parliament on Wednesday that aims to ease a demographic crisis exacerbated by the four-year war with Russia and to improve ties with the country's large diaspora.

Previously, Ukrainian law did not recognise dual or multiple citizenship, meaning that ethnic Ukrainians living outside the country and holding other passports had to renounce their other citizenship if they wanted a Ukrainian passport.

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