Ukraine marks Day of Resistance to Russian Occupation of Crimea: “It’s Our Land, Our People”

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky was convinced of this on Sunday, Day of resistance to the Russian occupation of Crimeathat peace can be restored with return to the Ukrainians of this peninsulaannexed by Russia in 2014.

“Nine years ago, Russian aggression began in Crimea. If we return Crimea, we will restore peace. It is our land. Our city. Our history. We will return the Ukrainian flag to every corner of Ukraine“, wrote Zelensky in a message on Telegram.

For its part, Bridget Brink, United States Ambassador to Ukraine, he addressed the Ukrainians that day and promised his country’s support in the struggle for the liberation of the peninsula. “On February 26, 2014, thousands of Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians gathered to declare: ‘We are Ukrainians. Crimea is Ukraine”. As they continue to fight for their sovereignty and democracy, America will work with you to create a future that offers freedom, dignity and justice for all.“, he said in a message on Twitter.

The United States condemns Russia’s attempt to alter the demographics of Crimea, including human screening operations to forcibly evict and disappear Ukrainian civilians. “We urge Russia to immediately release all unjustly imprisoned Ukrainian citizens and join you in declaring once again: Crimea is Ukraine“, he pointed out in his video message.

Ukrinform remember that nine years ago Russian sabotage groups began to try to take Crimea.

On February 26, 2014, summoned by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the representative body of this minority, thousands of Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians and representatives of other nationalities gathered near the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to resist Russian occupation and declare the integrity of Ukraine.

The next day, regular Russian military units entered the government buildings of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

After the invasion launched a year ago, Ukraine says it will not rest until the last Russian soldier is driven out, including from Crimea.

For his part, the President Vladimir Poutine He called the confrontation with the West over the war in Ukraine an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people, saying he was forced to reckon with NATO’s nuclear capabilities.

“They have one goal: to dissolve the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part, the Russian Federation,” Putin told state television. Russia 1 in an interview recorded Wednesday but released Sunday.

Putin claimed that the tens of billions of dollars of American and European military aid to Ukraine showed that Russia now faced NATO itselfthe Cold War nightmare of Soviet and Western leaders.

A year after ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Putin increasingly describes the war as a defining moment in Russian history and says he believes the very future of Russia and its people is in jeopardy.

NATO and the West reject this version, saying their goal is to help Ukraine defend itself against an unprovoked attack.

(With information from EFE and Reuters)

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