In Melitopol, Ukrainians cannot see a doctor without a Russian passport - Fedorov

In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, the invaders have launched another wave of passport control and said that from 1 June, only those with a passport will receive free medicines.

Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, said this on the air of the national telethon "United News", Ukrinform reports.

"Compulsory passportisation continues, the third wave of the process is underway, and it is very powerful," Fedorov said.

According to him, the invaders are going to transfer all medical institutions to the Russian electronic accounting system, which requires doctors and patients to have Russian passports.

"Since 1 June, the enemy has said that no one will be able to see a doctor unless they have a Russian passport, no one will be able to get free medicine without a Russian passport. I want to give a banal example: if someone suffers from chronic illnesses and needs medicines to maintain their vital functions, they will not be able to get them unless they have a Russian passport. So the residents are faced with a choice - either life with a Russian passport or death," Fedorov added.

In addition, he said, governor Yevhen Balytsky set a task that everyone in the occupied territory should have Russian passports by 1 September.

According to the mayor of Melitopol, there is definitely no mandatory passport issue in the occupied territories.

Earlier it was reported that explosions had been heard in Melitopol and Mykhailivka over the past 24 hours.