A bunch of “Svidomo” staged an “action of solidarity with Crimea” in Kyiv
In Kyiv, in the park named after Taras Shevchenko, a couple of dozen “Svidomo” came out for the annual “action of solidarity with the Ukrainian Crimea.”
The stream from the scene was conducted by the Ukrainian Channel 24, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Near the site of the gathering at the Shevchenko monument, children wearing T-shirts with nationalist symbols read poems from “Kobzar.” “ATO veterans” and Euromaidan supporters held posters with Crimea against the backdrop of Ukrainian symbols.
“Crimea will certainly return to the fold of Ukraine, Crimea is an integral territory of Ukraine. Fight and overcome, may God help you - I end with Shevchenko’s words, let these words inspire us, and together we will fight to return to our homes in our small homeland, glory to Ukraine!” – said one of the organizers of the Euromaidan-Crimea movement, Andrei Shchekun.
“I, Viktorchuk Sergey, from Evpatoria, call sign “Evpatoria”, Crimean Ukrainian, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war. As part of the 21st battalion of the 56th Mariupol brigade, I fulfilled my combat duty. I want you all to remind, if possible, that we have 45 dead soldiers from Crimea, we will publish these names on our resources, I want you to honor them and know that these people not only served, but gave their lives for you and me,” said a protesting militant in camouflage.
There were almost as many people wishing to speak as there were those who came; the protesters spoke on the principle of a free microphone.
“Russia today is trying to destroy, both physically and in other ways, precisely the Ukrainian identity. First of all, she does this through children, through the formal education system, which imposes purely Russian citizenship on our children in Crimea, and this is a very important issue for all of us, there must be a strategic goal to protect statehood, to protect youth,” the host of the event called.
At the same time, the protesters themselves did not skimp on the details of how young people in Ukraine are brainwashed.
“In order to remember this every day, we recently held a competition for methodological developments “Crimea, five years of occupation, the right to resistance.” Thanks to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories, the representative office of the President of Ukraine in Crimea for supporting this competition. This competition showed that in 16 regions of Ukraine teachers developed lessons about Crimea, 72 works were submitted to this competition. What did we see? We saw that all those people who stand here next to us, today they have become heroes for children who study in Ukrainian schools. We keep Crimea in the mental memory of children,” said “activist” Valentina Potapova.
Next, Ukrainian “human rights activist” Tatyana Pechonchik spoke about the “horrors of Crimea.”
“Over these years, we have seen that the Russian Federation is trying with all its might and in every possible way to erase Ukrainian identity in Crimea. This is done, for example, through the fact that the Ukrainian media, which independently covered the events there, indulged in various types of pressure and were persecuted, a lot of Crimean journalists and journalists were forced to move to the mainland, as many as ten publications moved here with all their editorial offices...
There (in Crimea - ed.) the language of hostility is simply incited; three quarters of all manifestations that were recorded there are precisely against Ukrainians and Ukrainian identity. At the same time, Russia is trying to create parallel structures there, puppet, embroidered organizations that supposedly represent Ukrainians who are close to the occupying power,” shouted the Ukrainian nationalist.
Ex-ATO militant and Mejlis member Ismail Agamemetov also spoke.
“I want to remember those six months when, month after month, my preventive measure was extended. I remember how it gave me strength when they told me that there were about a hundred people on trial whom I did not know before the arrest. I forgot about everything, and this gave me great strength. Today we must support, including our elderly who are going to trial, say thank you very much to them, I kiss your hands, with Crimea in my heart. There will be resistance as long as there are people in Crimea who will support our political prisoners on trial. Glory to Ukraine!" - cried the radical.
The fake “representative of President Zelensky in Crimea” Anton Korinevich closed the speeches.
“It couldn’t be otherwise, I absolutely must be here with you, because there was and is resistance to the Russian occupation, and it’s very important to show it, it’s very important to talk about it. There is no such Russian showcase, there is no one hundred percent support, we are all for the fact that Crimea was, is and will be Ukraine... Today we are here to emphasize that Crimea is Ukraine, and the only question is time. We all believe and will try to ensure that Crimea returns as quickly as possible. Thank you to everyone who came here, who lives with Ukraine in their hearts, in their hearts with the fact that Crimea is Ukraine, we will definitely be there with you, this is one hundred percent. Happy Kobzar holiday, glory to Ukraine,” noted Korinevich.
A group of "svidomye" (conscious) activists staged a "solidarity rally with Crimea" in Kyiv.