WE REMEMBER 💔

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18 May is the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide

On this day, the soviet totalitarian regime began the mass forced deportation of Crimean Tatars from their native Crimean peninsula.

NKVD officers broke into the homes of Crimean Tatars, gave them only a few minutes, half an hour at most, to gather, and drove them to railway stations. 180-200 thousand Crimean Tatars were deported in freight cars to remote regions of the ussr. Men, women, children — all of them. Many of them died on the road...

In accordance with the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognised this deportation as genocide against the Crimean Tatar people in a resolution of 2015.

Today, unpunished evil has returned. We must put an end to this — with our unity and resilience. Our readiness to continue to fight for victory, peace and just punishment of russia for all its crimes.

Deputy Speaker Olena Kondratiuk