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Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands the release of those detained in Crimea
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Russia accuses Ukrainian intelligence of organizing sabotage to blow up a gas pipeline in Crimea. The Foreign Ministry considers the RF statement as a provocation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called it a provocation Russia’s accusations of organizing Ukrainian intelligence sabotage on a gas pipeline in the annexed Crimea. This is stated in a statement Foreign Ministry on Thursday 16 September.
“We drew attention to the provocative statements of the FSB of the Russian Federation about the alleged” involvement “of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in protest actions against the actions of the Russian occupation administration and illegal paramilitary groups in the temporarily occupied Crimea,” the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry considers these accusations, including involvement in the “sabotage”, as another provocation on the part of the Russian Federation.
“The videos circulated in the media with the” confessions “of illegally detained citizens of Ukraine were obtained through the use of severe torture. This is an unsuccessful attempt by the occupational repressive bodies of the Russian Federation, aimed at concealing repressions against the Crimean Tatar population of Crimea,” the statement says.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also demanded the immediate release of illegally detained citizens of Ukraine and an end to torture and persecution of representatives of the Crimean Tatar people.
In addition, the ministry calls on the international community to assist in the release of all illegally detained citizens of Ukraine.
Recall gas pipeline explosion in the area of the settlement Perevalnoye occurred on 23 August.
And on September 4 FSB detained several Crimean tatsr, including the deputy chairman of the “Mejlis” Nariman Dzhelyalov. In total there were detained five Crimean Tatars… The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demanded that Russia immediately release them.
Also in Simferopol, near the building of the Russian FSB, there were more than 40 people were detainedwho tried to find out the whereabouts of the five Crimean Tatars taken away by the security forces.
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