
Zelensky strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship
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Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday stripped the mayor of Odesa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, of citizenship over allegations that he posse...
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday stripped the mayor of Odesa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, of citizenship over allegations that he possessed a Russian passport.
"The Ukrainian citizenship of the mayor of Odessa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, has been suspended," Ukraine's SBU security service announced on Telegram, citing a decree signed by Zelensky.
The SBU accused the mayor of having Russian citizenship and "possessing a valid international passport from the aggressor country."
Trukhanov has consistently denied the accusations.
A former member of parliament, Trukhanov has been the mayor of the country's biggest port city on the Black Sea since 2014.













