The Trump administration is preparing to deport some Ukrainians with final orders of removal back to their war-ravaged homeland as the government seeks to ramp up deportations and Ukraine moves to tighten its relationship with Washington.

The Justice Department said in a court filing Wednesday that the U.S. government has plans to deport Roman Surovtsev, 41, to Ukraine as early as Monday. His attorneys said it appears that Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be attempting to remove “a significant number” of Ukrainian nationals and that other detainees are being told they will be removed “via military flights to Ukraine or Poland on Monday.”

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, said the embassy is aware of “approximately 80 Ukrainian nationals” who have final

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