Borders of Russian-annexed occupied territories are announcedKATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2022, 19:19According to the agreements submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the borders of the so-called DPR and LPR [Donetsk and Luhansk "People’s Republics"] and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts, which the Russian Federation has supposedly taken over, will be defined as the borders that existed "on the day of their formation and admission as part of Russia".Source: pro-government Russian agencies RIA Novosti and Interfax; Volodymyr Rohov, representative of the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on TelegramQuote from the "document": "The borders of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic shall be defined as the borders of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic that existed on the day of its formation and the day of its admission to the Russian Federation and formation as a new subject [constituent entity] within the Russian Federation."Volodymyr Rohov, the representative of the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, commenting on this definition in the "agreement", noted that "Zaporizhzhia Oblast as an administrative unit in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR [Soviet Socialist Republic] was separated on 10 January 1939 from the southeastern part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the administrative centre in the city of Zaporizhzhia.According to the "agreements", from the day on which the "new subjects" were admitted to the Russian Federation, citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons permanently residing on the territory of the "subjects" shall be deemed citizens of Russia, with the exception of persons who declare, within one month of that date, that they wish to retain another citizenship for themselves and/or their children who are minors or to remain stateless.Support Ukrainska Pravda or become our patron."