«The West Fails to Learn from Crimea’s Ten-Year Occupation» – Focus Ukraine

Focus Ukraine published an article on the occupation of Crimea and the West’s lack of attention to rf’s criminal actions.

«The West’s arm-twisting over the events in Crimea, accompanied by insignificant actions, told the Kremlin everything it needed to know,» – the publication writes.

According to the article, the occupation of Crimea was the first such episode in Europe since World War II and a sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intention to reshape global power relations. Despite this, no harsh sanctions have been imposed against russia, and business and diplomatic ties have largely remained as they were.

The pro-Ukrainian residents of the peninsula, especially the Crimean Tatar population, have shown and still show opposition to the illegal actions of the Russian occupation, but continue to suffer under the dictatorship of the Russian federation without the help of the international community.

«From 2014 to 2022, human rights activists documented more than 5,000 human rights violations, most of which were directed against Crimean Tatars,» – the article reported.