The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people will continue to take all necessary actions to facilitate the quick liberation of Crimea from the Russian invaders, the presidium assured.
The Presidium of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people adopted a statement on the occasion of the Day of Resistance to the Russian Occupation of Crimea, which is celebrated on February 26. The statement was published by the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov.
“The seizure of Crimea in 2014 was planned by Russia as the beginning of establishing control over the whole of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Crimea was prepared for many years: from the systematic clearing of information space and the entry of agents of Russia in government bodies and administrations in the demonization of the Crimean Tatar people. In February 2014, the Kremlin was confident “that in its very first order, a strong network of Russian agents in government agencies and law enforcement agencies law, with the help of a fifth column of local residents , will give the image desired by Moscow of the alleged support of the Supreme Council of Crimea for decisions aimed at removing Crimea from Ukraine,” the statement said.
But on February 26, 2014, about 20 thousand participants in a peaceful rally in support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, organized by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, demonstrated that Crimea is an integral part of Ukraine and the homeland of the Crimean Tatars. people.
“Unfortunately, the civil society of Crimea, which on February 26, 2014 gave a well-deserved rejection to the agents of the Kremlin, did not receive decisive actions from law enforcement and special structures of Ukraine aimed at protecting the sovereignty of the country state. The inaction of the state authorities and administration of Ukraine is due to the internal struggle of political forces and their leaders for the distribution of positions and ministries, given by Russia the opportunity to begin, on the night of February 26-27, 2014, the seizure of strategic objects of Crimea and the blockade of military units and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine throughout the Crimean Peninsula,” said statement.
During the 10 years of occupation, Russia has turned Crimea into a continuous military bridgehead, where mass crimes against Crimean residents occur. Since February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation has been using the territory of occupied Crimea for war on the territory of mainland Ukraine.
“The Crimean peninsula has become a front-line territory, as a result of which new threats have appeared to the lives and health of its inhabitants. The forced mobilization of residents of the occupied Crimea in the Russian army has become one international crime committed by Russia on the peninsula. However, ten years of temporary occupation of Crimea did not break the will of the Crimean Tatar people and a significant part of the inhabitants of Crimea of different nationalities. They remain loyal to the Ukrainian state and committed to their land, conducting non-violent resistance to the Russian occupation,” the Mejlis said.
The Presidium assures that the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people will continue to take all necessary actions that will contribute to the quick liberation of Crimea from the Russian invaders.
We remind you that today, February 26, activists of the partisan movement Yellow ribbon raised the flag of Ukraine in the mountains of Crimea.
Source: korrespondent
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