Explaining complex things in simple words: Military aid for Ukraine, way to peace, struggle for Crimean Tatars rights

MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE

On May 16, Denmark announced the provision of military aid for Ukraine in the amount of C750 million, in particular for the preparation of F-16 aircraft transfer, air defence, artillery maintenance, and ammunition.

• We are grateful to our partners for intensifying the military aid provision. This is very important and especially relevant in the conditions of Russian escalation at the front.
• During a full-scale war, Ukraine achieved success on the battlefield with sufficient resources, but when resources were scarce, the situation worsened.
• Whether there will be peace in Europe or a big war depends on the determination of the partners to really help Ukraine overcome Russian aggression. The only guarantee of escalation deterring is to provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons, and to do so without delay.
• We emphasize to partners: ‘’Our victories are your victories. Our failures are your failures."
• History proves that those who don't give up sooner or later get back what is rightfully theirs. Putin's regime will fall sooner or later. The key task of the Euro-Atlantic community is to have strategic resilience and work together to strengthen common stability and security.

WAY TO PEACE

On June 15-16, Switzerland will host a peace summit devoted to the issues of international security, overcoming war and Russian aggression.

• The peace summit will be the biggest event for consolidating international efforts to solve urgent global security problems. Participation has already been confirmed by 50 heads of states and governments.
• We especially count on the participation of the Global South and China.
• The goal of the summit is to start the peace process and develop practical steps on the way to peace. All states are invited to share their ideas and vision for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
• Among the main issues put on the summit agenda are the exchange of captives ‘’all for all’’, the return of Ukrainian children, deported Ukrainians, and nuclear and food security issues.
• The summit will take place without Russia, because, at the moment, it is not ready to refuse the demands for the legalization of stolen in Ukraine territories, and continues to call it ‘’taking into account its interests’’.

STRUGGLE FOR THE CRIMEAN TATARS RIGHTS

On May 18, Ukraine annually commemorates the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide.

• 80 years ago, the Stalin regime evicted all Crimean Tatars from their native Crimea. About 200,000 people were transported in freight cars to remote regions of the USSR. Many of them did not survive the deportations.
• Ukraine honours the memory of the deportation victims of 1944 and considers it an act of genocide against the Crimean Tatar people.
• Moscow has not repented of Stalin regime crimes and is now actually repeating them. For 10 years, the ‘’quiet’’ deportation (expulsion) of the indigenous people has been going on in the temporarily occupied Crimea, brutal persecution for political positions and religious beliefs has been taking place.
• Russia is trying to show that there are no Crimean Tatars in Crimea by forbidding mourning events on May 18 and other public activities.
• We will definitely get Crimea back and free all illegally imprisoned people. Nowadays, to support the Crimean Tatars, you can join commemoration actions or write a letter to a political prisoner.

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