The claims and even the exact phraseology of the following excerpts and comparable actions and statements by Ukrainian and Turkish officials cannot but evoke the lead-up to NATO’s war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999. Substitute a toponym or two and it could describe the situation in Kosovo as NATO portrayed it to justify waging its first war and the first war against a European nation since World War II.

MPs call on the world to condemn new wave of repression in occupied Crimea

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a statement calling on the international community to condemn another wave of repression against Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea.

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The relevant resolution, No. 6007, “On the statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the illegal detention of First Deputy Speaker of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Celal and other representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people of Crimea in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the aggressor state of the Russian Federation” was supported by 293 MPs….

MPs call on international partners to join the Crimea Platform Declaration signed in Kyiv on August 23, 2021 and to step up efforts to de-occupy Crimea….

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MPs emphasize that another criminal acts of persecution of representatives of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation are part of the systemic policy of the occupying power to change the demographic composition of the population and oust the indigenous Crimean Tatar people from Crimea, which poses a threat to its very existence and requires a decisive response from the international community.

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Jailed Mejlis official vows to continue fighting against Crimea occupation

Nariman Dzhelyalov, First Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatars’ Mejlis, earlier arrested in the occupied Crimea, says he intends to continue his struggle against Crimea occupation even while in prison, by all means available.