In case of capturing Kyiv region, russian occupiers planned to set up an occupation administration and organize a pseudo-referendum to proclaim a local republic. They wanted to register all residents and forcibly hand out Soviet passports in exchange for Ukrainian documents, at least initially, before russian documents are issued.

This is evidenced by the data collected by the SSU Military Counterintelligence from the invaders’ positions, as well as by what ruscists are doing in those parts of Ukraine that are currently temporarily under their occupation.

In particular, the SSU uncovered the enemy’s cache with USSR passport forms. It was set up in an abandoned house near the town of Makariv, Bucha district.

During the inspection, the law enforcement seized hundreds of blank Soviet passports.

It is noteworthy that these forms were the Ukrainian model - on behalf of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. That is, all the text in them is not only in Russian but also in Ukrainian. Moreover, such a series has not been produced in Ukraine since 1990. Thus, all the found forms were brought from Russia at the beginning of the full-scale aggression against our state.

Urgent investigative and operational activities are underway to establish all the circumstances of the case.