The war should end with the liberation of Crimea - Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the evening address on Tuesday, August 9, stated that Russia's war against Ukraine should end with the liberation of Crimea just as it began with its occupation. The head of state emphasized that Crimea is Ukrainian, and Ukraine will never refuse it. “Russia has transformed our peninsula, which has always been and will be one of the best places in Europe, into one of the most dangerous places in Europe.

Russia has brought large -scale repression, environmental problems, economic hopelessness and war, ”he said. Zelensky noted that Russian invaders who use Ukrainian Crimea as a military base threaten the safety of the Black Sea region, all of Europe and global stability. “This Russian war against Ukraine and all Free Europe began from Crimea and should end in Crimea - its liberation. Today it is impossible to say when it happens.

But we constantly add the necessary components to the formula of liberation of Crimea, ”the President added. He recalled that in August there will be a second summit of the Crimean platform - "a key diplomatic platform for working on the liberation of Crimea. " Zelensky also said that Ukraine pays attention to the struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples - Crimean Tatars, Karaites and Crimean - and is fighting for their return to their home.

According to him, now Ukraine is preparing new decisions to protect and assist in the exercise of the rights of indigenous peoples and develop programs of economic restoration of Crimea after its de -occupation. On Tuesday, August 9, there were several explosions in the Crimea occupied by Russia - according to media reports, in the area of ​​Saki's military airfield near Novofedorivka in the west of Crimea.