Russians in Crimea should go back to where they came from Permanent Representative of President of Ukraine in Crimea

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – WEDNESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2022, 14:37

Tamila Tasheva, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, has advised the Russians who live in temporarily occupied Crimea to go back to Russia as quickly as they can.

Source: Tasheva during a press briefing on 7 September

Quote from Tasheva: "We are appealing to Russian citizens who have illegally entered Ukraine and are currently living in occupied Crimea. Yes, Crimea is warm and very convivial. But we are asking you to go back home, to Tyumen, Elista, Saransk, Irkutsk and wherever else you have come from."

Details: Tasheva also addressed Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied Crimea, urging them to take basic safety precautions and move as far away as possible from military facilities.

She stressed that leaving Crimea via Russia and third countries will not be deemed an administrative offence, as it will have been done under conditions of extreme urgency.

Quote from Tasheva: "I would also like to separately address the small group of ‘satk’yns’, or sell-outs, among the Crimean Tatars. You will definitely be held accountable according to Ukrainian law, but what’s crucial is that you are already being held accountable by the Crimeans themselves."

Previously: Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the President's Office, has called on Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territories to prepare for the liberation of those territories by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. He suggested that they set up shelters, stock up on water, and charge their power banks.

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