The Ukrainian government has submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) the testimony of some fifty witnesses and about a hundred video recordings as evidence of the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation, Government Envoy for the ECHR Ivan Lishchyna has told TV Channel 5.
UNIAN: Ukraine submitting to ECHR evidence with timeline of Russian invasion in Crimea
Two women hold a Russian flag (L) next to a set of Crimean flags at Lenin Square in Simferopol on March 16, 2014. Crimeans voted on March 16 in a unique referendum on breaking away from Ukraine to join Russia that has precipitated a Cold War-style security crisis on Europe's eastern frontier. Ukraine's new government and most of the international community except Russia have said they will not recognise a result expected to be overwhelmingly in favour of immediate secession. AFP PHOTO/ FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
