Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has reported numerous cases of human rights violations against Ukrainians of various origins in Crimea.
“We’ll never recognize the annexation of Crimea, this is one. Two is that the occupational administrations and special services of the Russian Federation use discrimination, arrests, interrogations, physical and mental intimidation both against the Mejlis of Crimean Tatars and ordinary Ukrainians that reside and live on Crimean territory. All that is absolutely illegal,” he said in an interview with “112. Ukraine” TV channel on Monday, Sept. 29.
Nalyvaichenko also said that within the scope of its abilities and through international protection “from the viewpoint of Kyiv, the Prosecutor General’s Office and other law enforcement agencies [Ukraine] immediately cancels [the decisions made by current Crimean authorities], and never recognizes the utilization of illegal methods and presence of illegal administration and services of a foreign state in Crimea.”
“We believe that using such methods is unacceptable. As the world will never recognize the annexation, it will also never recognize the legitimacy of harassments against a Ukrainian, regardless of his being of Crimean Tatar or Russian origin,” the SBU chief said.
