KIEV, May 25 - Ukrainian citizens living in the territories of Donbas and Crimea beyond the control of Kiev cannot be left without international passports, and if it is impossible for them to obtain biometric passports, old-style passports should to be issued for them, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"I would like to emphasize separately that if there are problems with issuing passports for those who are in the occupied territories or Crimea, then the regulatory framework must be analyzed. They cannot be left without passports," Poroshenko said at a meeting on preparedness to the visa-free travel at the Volyn Regional State Administration on Wednesday.