Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy has signed a decree ‘aimed at preserving the ethnic identity of Ukrainians in Russia,’ that Kyiv now claims as historically Ukrainian lands. ‘Today I signed a decree ‘On the territories of the Russian Federation historically inhabited by Ukrainians’,’ Zelenskiy said in his daily video message. The decree is designed to restore ‘the truth about the historical past for the sake of the Ukrainian future.’ The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to develop a plan for the National Security and Defence Council “preserving the ethnic identity of Ukrainians i…