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Ukraine calls on the OSCE SMM to launch remote monitoring of the situation in Crimea and welcomes the steps taken by the Mission to interview people on the administrative border with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna Yevhen Tsymbalyuk during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on October 7 in Vienna, Ukrinform reports.
“We insist on the need to launch remote monitoring of the situation in Crimea, especially in view of the recent detentions of Crimean Tatars on September 3, 4, and 5, which is a continuation of the Russian occupation forces’ illegal practice of using Russian law as a pretext for detaining dissidents on trumped-up charges” – Tsymbalyuk said.
The Ukrainian Ambassador welcomed the initiative of the OSCE SMM to interview people on the administrative line with Crimea.
“We call on the Mission to continue pursuing this practice” – he added.
The diplomat also condemned another forced conscription campaign on October 1 in the occupied territories of Crimea and eastern Ukraine. According to him, since 2014 and up to this day, more than 30,000 Ukrainian citizens have been illegally drafted into the Russian Armed Forces.
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