"Germany has a moral duty": Ambassador of Ukraine demanded from Berlin to "return" Crimea to Kiev
Germany must make every effort to return Crimea to Ukraine, as it has historical responsibility to the Ukrainian people for the violence of the National Socialists. The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk addressed Berlin with such a demand, writes Berliner Zeitung.
According to Melnik, Germany has a "moral duty" to Ukraine and, given the Nazi occupation of the peninsula in the past, should make every effort to return Crimea to Ukraine.
- the ambassador said.
He stressed that Germany occupied Crimea twice, which led to numerous casualties among Ukrainians, Crimean Jews and Tatars. Now the peninsula is under Russian occupation, leading to human rights violations.
- says Melnik, adding that Germany and its allies have many political and economic leverage to put pressure on Russia to force it to abandon the annexation of Crimea.
- added the ambassador.
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