From UNIAN:
“EU accuses Russia of drafting
conscripts from occupied Crimea”
The Russian Federation is bound
by international law, and obliged to ensure the protection of human rights on
the peninsula, the EU recalls. The European Union says Russia has launched a
conscription campaign in the occupied Crimea and that the move broke
international law. "Today, the Russian Federation has launched yet another
conscription campaign in the illegally-annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea
and the city of Sevastopol to draft residents of the peninsula in the Russian
Federation Armed Forces," the EU said in a statement Thursday, April 1, as
per Reuters. "This is another violation of international humanitarian
law," the EU said. "The Russian Federation is bound by international
law, and obliged to ensure the protection of human rights on the
peninsula."
At least 28,044 Crimean residents
have been called up for "service" with the Russian army since the
beginning of the occupation. At least 6,300 men were drafted in 2020. Last year
alone, Russia opened 81 criminal cases targeting local Crimean residents
evading conscription. At the same time, 35 such cases were opened in 2019, 38
in 2018, nine in 2017, and none in 2016 and 2015.
^ It’s sad when you think of the
Ukrainian and Tartar Men being forced to serve in the Russian Military –
especially knowing that they are probably being sent to fight other Ukrainians
in Donbas (eastern Ukraine.) There is also talk that Russia is planning to invade and fight in other parts of Ukraine and have stationed lots of their troops along the Ukrainian-Russian Border for that invasion. Russia did away with following the rule-of-law
long ago so while it is not surprising the Russian occupiers in the illegally
invaded and annexed Crimea are conscripting Crimeans it is still sad to see. One
day the Russians will eventually leave their occupation and Crimea will return
to the peaceful tourist location it once was. ^
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