The issue of the de-occupation of Crimea literally a year later moved from the plane of the need to protect the basic principles of international law to the plane of the urgent need to protect the security and stability of the European continent, writes in his article for ZN. UA "

She points out that in a few days, on August 23, an online summit of the key diplomatic platform for the liberation of the peninsula of the International Crimean Platform will be held, but compared to last year, the situation has changed dramatically..

“All the threats associated with the occupation of Crimea only became more acute and became a reality.. Last year, during the opening of the first summit of the International Crimean Platform, the President of Ukraine noted that under the conditions of Russian occupation, the Crimean peninsula has turned into a “powder keg”. Unfortunately, on February 24 of this year, a full-scale military base, into which the occupiers have been systematically turning the Ukrainian tourist pearl - Crimea, for eight years, has earned its intended purpose - it has become the base for a new invasion of Ukraine,"

In particular, Russian troops and military equipment that left Crimea occupied the south of Ukraine.. Also, rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are carried out from there, and Russia uses control over the peninsula to block shipping in the Black Sea..

Crimea also appears in the Kremlin’s attempts to internationalize the war by capturing Transnistria and Moldova, and reinforcements for Russian troops are coming across the bridge across the Kerch Strait and the territory of the peninsula.

“With its incredible aggression for modern Europe, Russia has rallied the world against itself in support of Ukraine to a level that would have seemed impossible just a year ago.. We receive unprecedented military, political, economic and humanitarian assistance. But at the same time, we also perform an extremely important function - the defender of European security and European values,"

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