President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples noted the importance of protecting the rights of the peoples who have always lived in the territory of the Crimea occupied by the Russians.

“We pay due attention to the struggle for the rights and historical justice for the indigenous peoples of Ukraine - the Crimean Tatar people, Karaites and Krymchaks. We are preparing new solutions for the protection and assistance in exercising their rights. We are also preparing programs for the economic restoration of Crimea after the liberation from the invaders,” he said during an evening address.

Zelensky recalled that different national communities have lived and live in Ukraine for centuries. Ukraine is a homeland for peoples whose national cultures and aspirations were formed in Crimea.

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August 9 is celebrated as International Day of Indigenous Peoples.

The Krymchak people were almost destroyed in the 40s of the last century. And the survivors were deported from the Crimea by the NKVD teams in 1944. Unfortunately, in the list of Memorable dates and anniversaries in 2021, approved by the Decree of the Verkhovna Rada, there was no place to honor the memory of the victims of the mass executions of Krymchaks. More about the Krymchaks, about why it is important to honor the memory of all the dead and deported in Ukraine - in the article by Nikolai Pugachev "