In the report we explore the effects of 🇷🇺's policies & annexations, demographic pressures, 🇪🇺's neighborhood policy, and statelessness reduction norms on Ukrainian citizenship regulations including the changing attitudes towards dual #citizenship.

While the statement itself is being debunked, it none the less raises a number of interesting legal, policy, and academic questions.
Can a de facto state engage in derecognition? And why have we not seen more cases like this?

And my forthcoming book with @gezimvisoka.bsky.social explores how and why Sub-state entities engage in state recognition (e.g. California recognising Nagorno-Karabakh). But this case of Somaliland, brings another dimension to recognition studies.
link.springer.com/book/9783031...

. @gezimvisoka.bsky.social discusses in his recent book in detail how and why states engage in the de-recognition of de facto states (e.g. Tuvalu derecognising Abkhazia).
press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

Dear Anton, this is the exact type of example I was looking for.