upcoming election.
Posted on 10/14/2025 9:46:53 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy revoked the citizenship of Odesa mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov on Tuesday, which Ukraine's security service said was due to Trukhanov also being a Russian citizen.
Trukhanov denied having Russian citizenship and said he would take his case to court.
Ukraine prohibits its citizens from holding Russian citizenship, and Trukhanov - mayor of Ukraine's biggest port city since 2014 - has been dogged by allegations of dual nationality throughout his political career.
"I now have evidence that I could not, either physically or legally, obtain Russian citizenship or passports," Trukhanov told public broadcaster Suspilne.
Ukraine's SBU security service said the decision to strip Trukhanov's citizenship had been made thanks to evidence it had provided that Trukhanov had a valid Russian passport. It posted a picture on Telegram appearing to show a photocopied Russian passport page bearing Trukhanov's name and face.
Trukhanov has also been under investigation since 2017 over embezzlement allegations that he has denied. A source familiar with the matter said Zelenskiy had also taken away the Ukrainian citizenship of two others. Under Ukraine's constitution the president has the power to revoke people's citizenship.
"The Russian citizenship of certain individuals has been confirmed – relevant decisions have been prepared regarding them. The decree has been signed," the president wrote on Telegram, without giving any names. Oleksiy Honcharenko, an opposition lawmaker from Odesa and a fierce critic of Zelenskiy, said Trukhanov had "many questions" to answer but nevertheless condemned the stripping of his citizenship.
"Today they will take Trukhanov away and we will all rejoice because he is bad, but tomorrow this machine of repression will be unleashed against inconvenient people," he wrote on Telegram.
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this coming!
Now do the U.S. congress and government officials throughout the U.S.
This war will certainly will not end until Odessa is in Russia’s hands
I don’t know why they didn’t try to take it in their original “decapitation” strike of 2022
They probably imagined it could not be defended if taken.
Focus first on Chicago and Boston mayors.
Perhaps the Ukrainian people could express their displeasure with Zelenskyy and vote him out of office in the upcoming election.
Dictators maker their own rules.
I can tell you’re a Zelensky fan, you spell his name with two Y’s.
Brandon Johnson (Chicago) isn't a dual citizen. Michelle Wu (Boston) might be but her bio doesn't mention anything.
Meanwhile, quite a few other government positions, both Federal and State level, are filled with dual-citizens, all of whom should be thrown out of office for swearing fraudulent oaths of office due to their allegiances to other countries.
Weren’t they supposed to win the war 3.5 years ago? Are there enough jihadists out there for them to win now?
Then I deleted my search history so Google wouldn't try to label as anything other than I am, an American who wants us the hell out of anything having to do with the entire affair ;-)
Is there still a war on there…asking for an acquaintance.
I’m pulling your chain, Frank!
;-)
Isn't THAT interesting. Sounds like fascism to me. Let's call it constitutional fascism, and, to go along with the thread's theme, constyytutional fascyysm. :)
Hitler stripped all Jews of their citizenship, along with blacks that had settled in Germany from its African colonies.
Odessa is a Russian city.
I'm still waiting for Ukraine's spring offensive of 2023.
About as likely as voting out any other tyrant.
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