From UNIAN:
“U.S.
Embassy in Kyiv calls on Russia to stop conscription campaign in occupied
Crimea”
The U.S.
Embassy in Kyiv has called on the Russian Federation to drop the "charade
of legitimacy" and cease practices of conscription to the Russian army of
residents in the occupied Crimea. "Russian occupation authorities in
Crimea continue to forcibly conscript Ukrainian citizens in flagrant violation
of int'l humanitarian law. Time for Russia to drop the charade of legitimacy,
end the campaign of conscription, and withdraw from Ukrainian territory. Crimea
is Ukraine," the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv wrote on Twitter on October 16. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in April 2020 expressed its resolute
protest over yet another conscription to Russian military service in the
occupied Crimea.
Such actions by
Russia "constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,
which prohibits Russia, as an Occupying Power, from forcing protected persons
to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces". "It is also forbidden to
pressure and propagate in favor of voluntary military recruitment, as well as
to move persons under protection outside of the occupied territory," the
statement read. The European Union (EU) earlier said drafting residents of the
Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula in the Russian army violates international law.
"The Russian Federation is bound by international law, and obliged to
ensure the protection of human rights in the peninsula," an EU
spokesperson said in an April 13 statement.
Since the start
of Crimea occupation by Russia, occupying authorities have illegally drafted
for military service about 22,000 local residents, according to the
Prosecutor's Office for Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC). Illegal
conscription to the Russian army of residents in the occupied peninsula
indicates that Russia's aggression against Ukraine continues, Ukrainian Foreign
Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on October 13.
^ Clearly Putin
and Russia do not care about breaking International Law since they invaded,
occupied and illegally annexed Crimea in the first place (and broke
International Treaties.) The world needs to do more to help the Ukrainians
living in Russian-occupied Crimea – especially those being conscripted into the
Russian Military. ^
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