The information about the American citizenship of the children of Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, which was previously spread in the media, is fake. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

"The information spread in the media that the family members of Defense Minister Rustem Umerov are allegedly US citizens is not true," the statement said.

According to the Ministry, Umerov's children (son aged 10, daughters aged 8 and 2) are exclusively citizens of Ukraine. Umerov's family members do not have citizenship of other countries.

"They received Ukrainian passports issued to them after the expiration of their previous ones at the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States. That is why the declaration referred to by the media indicated the place of issuance of documents - the USA," the Defense Ministry explained.

It is noted that in 2016, the minister's family was forced to go abroad because of attempts and threats as a result of Rustem Umerov's systematic activities regarding the deoccupation of Crimea.

Since 2014, Rustem Umerov, as a delegate of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people, together with the Leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev and representatives of the Mejlis, spoke at all international platforms on human rights violations in the occupied Crimea, and was involved in the process of releasing political prisoners in Crimea.