According to the Ukrainian media, at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the State Migration Service of the country, Maxim Sokolyuk, announced the beginning of a total check of all Ukrainian citizens who received citizenship after the declaration of the country's independence.
Sokolyuk explained that the State Migration Service is concerned about the illegal acquisition of the Ukrainian citizenship, in particular, for fake information about living in the Ukrainian territories during the Soviet times.