Russia, Ukraine and the ongoing occupation of Crimea | DW News

It's now been 10 years since Russia illegally annexed Crimea following an invasion using troops without Russian uniforms. It was the beginning of a decade-long war with Ukraine - culminating in the full-scale invasion two years ago.
Its position on the Black Sea makes Crimea a strategically important asset. The peninsula serves as a key base for naval fleets and safeguards security interests in the region. Crimea is home to both ethnic Russians and Ukrainians - as well as indigenous Crimean Tatars and others.
Russia's annexation tactics there are being used to claim other territories in Ukraine.
Following the illegal annexation of Crimea, Russia made promises to improve the lives of the people living there. Ten years on the situation has deteriorated. Western sanctions have impacted the economy and Russia has been cracking on human rights. For the Ukrainian leadership and the Crimean Tatars, the liberation of Crimea remains imperative.
For more on this, we’re joined by Maria Tomak. She is the head of the Crimea Platform - an initiative launched by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy which is designed to coordinate the international response to the ongoing occupation of Crimea.
Chapters:
0:00 ten years of war
4:10 Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian Opposition Lawmaker
12:00 Maria Tomak, The Crimea Platform
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[@hyperbeast134]

That ukranian lawmaker got hit in the face when he was last in crimea🤣

[@ikaustralia]

Poroshenko 🙂

[@mohamedjibriil7679]

so badly@@ikaustralia

[@molos3466]

4:22 this fool got his clock cleaned in Crimea in 2014 😂😅😅

[@AbciAbk]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ngangamuhia3846]

@@AbciAbk 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Crimea was not annexed and Victoria Nuland just retired. She started the whole mess in the first place. Crimea had a legitimate vote.

[@happymelon7129]

Western media will never talk about Victoria Nuland . She is in Youkrain _______ the color revaluation

[@happymelon7129]

With Victoria Nuland retired , mean end of "Project Youkrain" Sad for Youkrain people.

[@231rosslyn]

Not so. Not legitimate according to the law of Ukraine, RF or autonomous republic of Crimea. Not recognised internationally by the majority of countries.

[@231rosslyn]

​@@happymelon7129That's because she's not relevant to the topic. It wasn't her who invaded Crimea.

[@Universe198025]

@@231rosslyn And no one invaded Crimea, it simply returned to its native harbor and motherland that it lost in 1991!!

[@Hovardov]

But of course, DW news will not going to interview citizens of Crimea. Let me tell you, after 10 years under Russia wings this region really prosper. Just watch some vids about it.

[@231rosslyn]

That may or may not be true. I'm not going to quarrel about it, because it's irrelevant. The annexation is illegal, as simple as that.

[@ulooqulg]

​@@231rosslyn Say that in middle of Crimea Square.. lets see how the PEOPLE say.

[@soket8391]

​@@231rosslynYou're stating that annexation is illegal? If you recall, in 1995 Ukraine invaded Crimea, overthrew the Crimean president, and occupied the peninsula, turning Crimea into a puppet autonomy. Then why were you all silent then and not speaking out about the illegality of the annexation?

[@16252]

Yes, because all the videos produced by the Russian government are true, including the ones about Crimea and Navalny.

[@Hovardov]

@@16252 I don't watch TV. There a lot of videos on youtube made by the average bloggers about it. Or all of them are Kremlin bots?

[@megachel999]

Guys, open your eyes! The share of Russians in Crimea is over 70%. Crimea just returned to Russia. This is the same as the Germans returning the GDR.

[@JTMaster]

Did you miss the part where the Soviets deported many Tatars or the fact that 50,000 Tatars left Crimea after 2014 and Russia brought in 500,000 Russians?

[@megachel999]

The population of Crimea is over 2 million, the share of Tatars there was small. Russians have been the majority of the population for at least the last hundred years. And don't forget, Crimea returned to Russia without a single shot being fired! That says a lot.

[@JTMaster]

@@megachel999 In the 1800's Tatars made up over 80% of the population in Crimea. In 1979, they made up 0.2% because Russia forced most of them out. As of right now, they make up over 12% of the population. So again, Russia stole their land.

[@univeropa3363]

@@JTMaster "Fact". Ukraine claims these numbers.

[@moiseshuerta3984]

​@@JTMaster Dud you miss the part whrn USA annexed half of Mexico. Like 50 Crimeas? Crimea is full of Russians TODAY.

[@jesusaguilar4585]

One thing that is never discussed when it comes to Crimea is that Crimea was an autonomous region of Ukraine with its own Constitution and its own parliamentary system of government elected by Crimeans. This is important to know because it lends credibility to the referendum of 2014 to reunification with Russia and explains why Crimeans have not risen up against the Russian military as you saw when Iraqis launched an insurgency against the US and British occupation forces in the 2000s. Crimea is lost to Ukraine and is forever Russian because Crimeans want it that way. It's hard for the Wedt to accept but that's the truth.

[@yuriyseliuk4120]

there were anti russian protests in mass, but its kinda hard to do, when you have foreign military in mass occupying Crimea

[@jesusaguilar4585]

@@yuriyseliuk4120 I do believe I saw protests in Crimea back in 2014 against the referendum and don't doubt that it happens today as well. But having said that, the vast majority of Crimeans accept Russian governance simply based on the fact that if it were an occupation and Crimeans wanted Ukrainian governance; without autonomy as was the case from the 90s to 2014, we would be witnessing continual rebellions similar to the US occupation of Iraq, and killings of Russian soldiers by Crimeans on a daily basis. This simply is not happening.

[@DavidVargas-hg7cs]

Crimea is Russian, that's why.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Ukraine’s top negotiator, Davyd Arakhamia: Russia was “prepared to end the war if we agreed to... neutrality, and committed that we would not join NATO.” But the US and UK stood in the way.

[@kennymorrison7227]

Absolute lies Russia was always intent on colonisation of Ukraine . Now every European needs to be prepared for war with Russia.

[@231rosslyn]

So did the people of Ukraine. Ukraine is a sovereign country and doesn't need any advice from russia.

[@ulooqulg]

​@@231rosslyn Then good, reap what ya sow. Force Assimilation of ya own Minority Citizens sure blows back spectacularly

[@IgorSmirnoff-qr3xd]

@@231rosslynreally? But the chief commander of all Ukrainians Mr.Mazepa was thinking in other way😂- Божиею милостию, Пресветлейшим и Державнейшим Великим Государем, Царем и Великим Князем Иоанну Алексеевичу, Петру Алексеевичу, Великия и Малыя и Белыя России Самодержцем, и многих Государств и земель Восточных и Западных и Северных Отчичем и Дедичем и наследником и Государем и Обладателем, Вашему Царскому Пресветлому Величеству Иван Мазепа, Гетман с войском Вашего Царского Величества Запорожским, пад до лица земного пред Пресветлым Вашего Царского Величества Престолом, у стопы ног Монаршеских смиренно челом бью.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

@@231rosslyn Ethnic Russians who were oppressed have the right to self-determination. Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts have held referendums. The citizens in these regions voted to join Russia.

[@MyDagfinn]

Why cut Tomak short, she had so much to share that I value as a listener.

[@fearius]

Great question, the two guests should at LEAST get an equal amount of time

[@georgek1234]

I agree... shame on DW for limiting time on such important flow of information... quite likely Ru was afforded more time to yap about (sham) election and so forth. We can't be afraid of Ru... let's wake up and smell the coffee... Ru MUST BE DEFEATED!

[@dirtyharry6297]

Things with russia would be long over if some politicians wasn’t reluctant and dragging their feet with supply to Ukraine

[@joshuawilson2793]

Politicians answer to the people that elected them, and a lot of people are over financing other peoples wars When they have problems in their own countries

[@vladnickul]

imagine a country that had 10 years to make at least a plan and even buy some armor....

[@ragingmonk6080]

We sent aid they wasted it.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

You want WW3?🤡🤡🤡

[@tylerelissa6377]

@@timmy-wj2hcremind me how WW2 started. By letting ruthless dictators take a bunch of land? You would be correct

[@q-m-q1362]

What is "Illegally" mean? If the inhabitants choose something that they want, is that Illegal?

[@JTMaster]

They didn't choose it. Imagine believing Russia didn't just make up the numbers.

[@q-m-q1362]

@@JTMaster Yes they did. That's how democracy works. If it didn't work in your favor, too bad. Majority of the people there are Russian and in democratic processes that's exactly it works. Majority rule. If you found yourself on the minority side, too bad

[@univeropa3363]

@@JTMaster You can tell from all the large scale uprisings in Crimea since 2014.🙄

[@231rosslyn]

Of course. It would be the same in other country with any other behaviour. If it doesn't comply with the law, it's illegal, even if that's what you want.

[@donsullivan6199]

Yes that is illegal. You need to vote for who the corporation pick.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Zelensky admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

Zelensky made many concessions to Putler, because the US was pressuring him to do it. This didn't helped Ukraine, it only shifted the war closer and closer. Nato knew since at least 2021 that Putins gonna attack, but they told zelensky last minute about that. Why should someone honour the Minsk agreement after this shitshow the West managed to create? If Zelensky honoured the agreement, we would have WW3 by now.

[@DarxKies]

ruzzia invaded Ukraine and ruzzia does not respect any agreements. Not even borders of independent countries, like Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine..

[@TalibanAtrocities]

Oh u mean BOJO... Well say so 🤡 Unfortunately Boris Johnson wasn't even a mayor when Russia annexed Crimea, nevermind the prime minister 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Britain is involved due to the BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM... Not because Bojo turned up Learn some facts 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@brianlee6260]

Is this the Ukraine guy who said Ukraine would be marching on Beijing and Pyongyang with the US? I can't wait to see that happens.

[@AbciAbk]

LOL YES SAME GUY 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ricky_pigeon]

source?

[@Truebotsman]

google it. @@ricky_pigeon it checks out. fact check: factual.

[@TalibanAtrocities]

​​@@ricky_pigeonyou'll be waiting a long time for any of these deluded plebes to give you a source

[@Booz2020]

Slava 🇹🇼

[@mobifinsolutions1956]

Getting Crimea from Russia is like getting Hong Kong from China....Its too late.

[@apokkalyps6]

No, bad example. It is more like when Armenia stole it from Azerbaijan. Eventually things will return to internationally recognised borders

[@user-cf1eh7un8v]

Go read history, do you know that Hong Kong was originally China before the British came with their destruction... THE OPIUM WAR.

[@mobifinsolutions1956]

@@user-cf1eh7un8v So was Ukraine part of the USSR. So i guess the scenarios are similar historically.

[@mobifinsolutions1956]

@@apokkalyps6 Yak that's also the dream of every Palestinian, going back to internationally recognized borders. Maybe in a 100 years to come.

[@apokkalyps6]

@@mobifinsolutions1956 russia was also part of the ussr. Ukraine then has a claim on russia? Wtf is your logic?

[@kooros100]

Tatar people in Tatarstan voted to be part of Russia in 1991. It is shameful when Germans lie like Anglo American.

[@231rosslyn]

Please ready some recent history of Tatarstan, there's more to it than try to imply.

[@kooros100]

Makes no difference, DW is lying. Tatar language is official language in Russia. Ukrainian made Tatar language illegal in Ukraine.@@231rosslyn

[@xyeB]

No

[@LithuanianwithPaulius]

"Voted"? Are you kidding me? Just like this year people "voted" to reelect Putin? In Russia voting is a show, a ritual, it never represents the true beliefs and wants of its people.

[@evgeniya7853]

Russia annexed Crimea in 1783 and never left there again

[@231rosslyn]

Actually, Crimea has been part of Ukraine since 1954. Get your facts right.

[@faron163]

​@@231rosslynbecause Russia gave Crimea

[@231rosslyn]

@@faron163 Unfortunately, you are blindfully misinformed. It was the decision of the supreme Soviet of the USSR, leading to the change in Soviet constitution, which resulted in the handover of Crimea form one Soviet Republic to another one. That said, it happened in 1954 and according to Helsinki memorandum of 1975, no borders in Europe were to be changed for any reason whatsoever. Also signatory was the USSR. As such, any notion that "russia" gave anything is a misnomer. Russia didn't exist then.

[@jasminel9265]

This made russia‘ s claim"Crimea return to motherland" laughable, because Crimea belongs to Crimea Tatars, russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 1783.

[@alloutofbubblegum7271]

and there were no Russians living there, only Tatars that were removed after WW2, because they supported Germany.

[@briant5685]

crimea was is and will always be russia case closed

[@Hollywood041]

Yes. 10years... that is how long this war has been going on.

[@OrestLubinets]

The guests today were well spoken. Very deserved remark regarding the "elections".

[@robo__cop8154]

ever heard "the dogs keep barking the caravan moves on " when nato itself does not dare to invade russia ,whatever things people say they're just that things ,does not matter what the west thinks .the dogs keep barking let them bark

[@classicalmechanic8914]

The only thing they forgot to mention was there are no democratic elections in Ukraine either. Reporters like Gonzalo Lira die in prison. Russian minority inside Ukraine cannot attend orthodox church or use Russian language. Russia is a totalitarian state but Ukraine is not far ideologically from Putin's Russia.

[@classicalmechanic8914]

The only thing they forgot to mention was there are no democratic elections in Ukraine either. Russian minority inside Ukraine cannot attend orthodox church or use Russian language. Reporters like Gonzalo Lira are epsteined in prison. Russia is a totalitarian state but Ukraine is not far ideologically from Putin's Russia.

[@thetoolrule]

And when will Ukraine be holding their elections? When I type "Ukraine election" I have to scroll down over 30 videos about Russian elections before anything about Ukraine elections come up and the videos are over 4 years old. Please explain to me how a forever president who runs the military has total power and doesn't hold elections isn't a dictator.

[@OrestLubinets]

​@@thetoolrule 1) No elections are allowed by Ukrainian constitution in case of war (martial law) 2) There are negotiations ongoing about possible changes to the law that will offer a mechanism to have elections under current circumstances. But how exactly that could happen is unclear as a lot recently occupied territories will not be participating. 3) The "forever president" is currently on his first term (2 terms are allowed max). 4) Has total power - I don't even know where that is coming from. Ukraine has an effective multi-party political system, a separate executive and legislative institutions. So your comment looks to me like you were either lazy to google or you are intentionally trying to make Ukraine look like a country with illegitimate president. But please be assured, with a new president we will still not give up.

[@hamish1309]

This guy saying if Crimea is not taken back there is no international law, THERE IS NO INTERNATIONAL LAW! If there was kosovo wouldn't have been taken from the Serbs, the west Bank would be safe from illegal settlements, the US wouldn't be arming a legal territory of China, countries would ask to do drone strikes in other countries, civilian gas pipelines wouldn't be blown up... the list goes on, all the wars in the middle east? What world does he live in?

[@livingtribunal4110]

THIS 👆🏼

[@troublingrain3060]

!

[@TheOne30264]

Its the law of the jungle. It has always has been this case.

[@davidbrown8536]

The people of Crimea overwhelmingly voted to rejoin Russia in 2014. Its none of your business. - the Tartar population has never exceeded 19% since WWI

[@JanRostkowski]

How would you vote with a Russian soldier standing next to you, looking over your shoulder and nudging your hand to the right mark on the ballot?

[@thulsa_doom]

Spot on.

[@poweedlo]

​@@JanRostkowskibe sure that most of the voters were felt guarded then not scared, why Russian people have to be afraid of Russian soldiers? Absurd

[@davidbrown8536]

@@poweedloSimple minded people believe in bogey man fairy tales. Russians have been the majority in Crimea since around 1765 - voting booths have curtains and the envelopes were sealed- Vice News did a report on the day- its still searchable. They also covered Donetsk and Luhansk on the events as they happened. look them up

[@231rosslyn]

​@@poweedloGuarded by an invading army? Strange concept.

[@Yuri_Gagarin]

0:31 the mistake is already at the very beginning: they were never indigenous, they came with the Mongols. Before that, Slavs, Greeks, Germans and many others lived on the peninsula.

[@mzies7802]

Tatars were formed as a people on the peninsula by various ethnic groups, some of which you mentioned. The Ukrainian parliament recognised Tatars as indigenous to Crimea in 2014. What’s your definition of indigenous?

[@Yuri_Gagarin]

​@@mzies7802 ,Today there is no generally accepted definition for the word "indigenous" and therefore a variety of scoundrels use this circumstance for their own nefarious purposes. The very mention of this word already means that the discussion is biased. Humanity's memory is short. Therefore, from my point of view, an "indigenous" is someone who has lived in the territory since time immemorial: Mayans, Aztecs, Incas.

[@goperoful]

​@@Yuri_Gagarin By your definition almost no one is indigenous anywhere

[@Yuri_Gagarin]

@@goperoful , that's it🎉. Such talk does not make any sense, which is why there is no clear definition for this word. I try to adhere to the ideas of cosmopolitanism

[@daphuc502]

nope , the tartars were there long before Mongols.

[@ronskullie9380]

I'm asking the question is tatars fighting for Russia as Russian Tatars.

[@donalexey]

yes

[@MonsSacer000]

Majority of Tatars are pro-Ukrainian and fight for Ukraine. The bots seem to love to answer

[@DM-dy6vn]

Yes, they do. As do many Caucasians as well.

[@ronskullie9380]

@@DM-dy6vn they are real patriot 🇷🇺

[@yuriyseliuk4120]

Thats different nation, omg, those are specifically Crimean Tatars and were called like that throughout history :)))

[@IvanMartynenko-ir8xh]

Who prevents you from living and singing in Crimea? The opinion of this Tatar singer has nothing to do with the interference of NATO countries in the internal affairs of Ukraine, the incitement of war on the border with Russia and the Pentagon's attempt to deploy its naval base in Crimea. Do not confuse art with the aggressive policy of NATO.

[@16252]

The Crimean Tatars were the majority population of Crimea until Stalin's rule.

[@16252]

b

[@IvanMartynenko-ir8xh]

@@16252 Yes, but why is there a US naval base in Crimea?

[@patrickmanala5778]

he started blinking when he start to talk of USA, about Russian and Cremia he has wasnt, such a robot

[@user-rp8pm2ph2v]

I like how Ukrainian guy is questioned and starting to talk about Putin instead. Its how all politics in Ukraine behave. You ask them and they try to make you forget about “bad” question talking about whatever nonsence they claim to be important. Fools are satisfied.

[@vladkhom2543]

You have some hearing problem or u r Ivan

[@greatman5836]

​@@vladkhom2543you are not focusing Victoria Nuland

[@yuriyseliuk4120]

Yemelia is mad :)

[@lokiismyname1011]

this guy think 1 day ukraine will get back crimea 😂🤡

[@Booz2020]

Slava 💬

[@GwynBleys]

And how did Tatars end up in Crimea in the 1st place? Ill give you a clue, Tatar simply means Mongol in Chinese.

[@happymelon7129]

With Victoria Nuland retired , mean end of "Project Youkrain" Sad for Youkrain people.

[@ab8588]

Yes.

[@anis06011972]

Is he out of his mind?

[@amritpalsingh3293]

It followed undemocratic coup

[@BohdanMelnychuk]

You seem to have a bad notion as to what democracy is.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

They always forget that part.😂

[@moffig1]

@@BohdanMelnychuk nah its just a russian bot

[@231rosslyn]

Please explain - you mean the overthrow of Crimean parliament by russian soldiers?

[@amritpalsingh3293]

@@231rosslyn Crimean Parliament voted for indepence. Unlike the Kievan overthrow. Just few thousands of anaechists in kieb decided the fate of millions. Half of the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea defected to Russia.

[@DavidVargas-hg7cs]

Tartars are not indigenous from Crimea.

[@CHINESEWARAHA]

Tatars Are from East Asia All Turkic Groups Are from East Asia Siberia They settled In Central Asia Were The R1A Aryans Ancectors of Russians lived.. Thats Why Majority of Kyrgyz people Has R1A Gene But Speak Turkic Languages... They Turks From East Asia Settled In Crimea Anatolia And Central Asia... If They Can live In central Asia Were The Ancectral Home of Russians Then Russians live In Siberia..

[@yo2trader539]

In that logic, nobody is indigenous.

[@Yuri_Gagarin]

​@@yo2trader539, That's it 🎉. This is why the UN does not give a clear definition of this word. I'm glad you're starting to understand this.🙏

[@DavidVargas-hg7cs]

@@Yuri_Gagarin you know there's a place called Tatarstan, don't you? And it's not certanly in Crimea.

[@khanimran7465]

​they ruled crimes they burned Moscow many a times before Catherine the great conquered the crimea so they are natives of the land

[@Tell_Me_Sweet_Little_Lies]

Who annexed Crimea from Russia?

[@RadziolM]

Nobody

[@mishaknopkin2199]

Now Tatars in Russia/Crimea have all rights.

[@Rhon453]

Crimea has been Russian since 1783, when Nikita Khrushchev gifted Crimea to Ukraine both were subsidiaries of the USSR

[@lanagrichiart]

Nope!! “Gifted” poor & silly territory..?? Ukraine got to Crimea Dniper’s water, electricity and food!!!

[@susanabrandanmazyazh9291]

since 1783 many things have changed, and Ukranian borders with the fall of the USSR were recognized by the whole world including russian federation in the times of president Elzin who signed the document in 1994. If you think in this terms then you need to give Kaleningrad back to Germany.

[@lkklMakOffKa]

Honestly, at the moment there are hundreds thousands of Tatars living in Crimea, and there are more than 5 milons of them throughout Russia. There were no cases of deportation or other forms of persecution. There are Ukrainian-language schools in Crimea. An attempt to present this situation as the deportation of Tatars during the USSR is simply ridiculous.

[@meganjones218]

WAIVERING?? USA has done SO MUCH how could they say such a thing.. how ungrateful can you be.

[@user-ng3rl4iy7g]

It’s a senseless and unrealistic topic to talking about when Ukraine will recapture Crimea at this time.we should talking about whether Ukraine will be longer exist in the planet without outside military aid on time.

[@apokkalyps6]

Yeah it will. The more the west abandons Ukraine, the more Ukraine will play by russian rules and less by those imposed by the west. In other words, civilian targets become legitimate, POW treatment will be like that of russians, nuclear blackmail, etc. So the question is, is the west willing to waste more russian civilian lives?

[@apokkalyps6]

And by the way, 65-75% of military equipment used in Ukraine was produced in Ukraine

[@xyeB]

No

[@Radost-ce3bj]

Are you going to tell us Crimeans this??? For thirty years, everything in the outskirts had fallen into such ruin that it was simply terrifying. Even the heroic city of Sevastopol was shabby... (should I send you a photo of what the streets, roads and houses were like?) And only under Russia did everything begin to change. People saw the light...everyone began to restore, restore. Right now, under Russia, Crimea is truly becoming a pearl! And we got tired of it, leave our Crimea alone!

[@edwardquaye5302]

Crimea and odessa are all russia ukraine became a nation in 1991 whilst crimea and odessa was russia

[@sergiyrospysdiyenko6224]

Crimea belongs to crimea Tatars long before ukrrainian advise Peter 1 to name Moscovia - Russia. Odesa also has long history and different name before getting destroyed and renamed Odesa by Keterina

[@RadziolM]

Kyivan Rus existed long before ruzzia. Its descendants are Ukraine and Belarus. Moscow is even outside of Rus' original borders.

[@edwardquaye5302]

@@RadziolM US was occupied by red Indians long before US but in modern days is occupied by Europeans so odessa and crimea in modern days is occupied by russia

[@damian0707]

@@RadziolM Ukraine belarus and russia

[@HigherMorality]

@@RadziolM Kievan RUS = Kievan RUSSIA! Kiev was a Russian city founded by Russians from Novgorod. The Ukraine was never a country in history.

[@Thomas.Deverell]

It looks like the majority of people in Crimea in 2014 really wanted to be together with Russia. I would never encourage Ukraine to try to take it by force given that people who are living there oppose to it.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

The last known statistics without guns was that they viewed Ukraine as their country by 90+%. And no party that was for joining Russia seemed to have support. The only stat saying other wise was that everyone thought everyone else would vote for Russia after they got taken over in the ref, which was already illegal, had mass people leave, and had people with guns around

[@susanabrandanmazyazh9291]

this is not how it works. Besides the so called polls were done with the military occupation of russia the same as in Donbass region, this is illegal and such "election" can not count for being legitemate.

[@Thomas.Deverell]

@@DSan-kl2yc Jesus! Where did you get it? Even pro-Ukrainian Ukrainians admit that the vast majority of people in Crimea has always been pro-Russian, including before 2014. Not that many left by the way after the referendum.

[@HigherMorality]

@@DSan-kl2yc Get a grip on reality. The Ukraine is a literal Africa compared to Russia in terms of development and living standards. What makes you think people would prefer to live in a completely hopeless failed state like Ukraine instead of living in a developed country (Russia)? Millions of Ukrainians have already voted with their feet by fleeing to Russia.

[@francisverm7936]

Crimea is Russia now. Deal with it

[@silviadunderdale9400]

Lol, RuzZia is the last empire! There soon will be Democratic Republic of Dagestan, Democratic Republic of Tuva, Democratic Republic of Bashkortostan, Democratic Republic of Buryatia…etc😂😂😂

[@veljkoivetic1903]

​@@silviadunderdale9400😂😂😂😂Go on fron and help your Ukrainians 😂😂😂😂 bot

[@user-qt1eo7dq8v]

And the ongoing cowardice of Scholtz…If only he could embrace Ukraine’s defense with the same eagerness as Nordstream 2…

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

Germany is highest amount of military aid to Ukraine after the US. Scholz just doesn’t want to send the Taurus missile.

[@fredrikh9299]

*Did the interviewer live under a stone?*

[@Itsreallynotthatserious]

he's acting like that for the viewers

[@bequemwaltz1990]

If the allies continues providing amunitions and armaments nly for Ukraine not to lose more territory or halts completely the support which would be morally disturbing.

[@user-ue4fz2lj7c]

Correct

[@mmc4692]

So what about the thousands of tatars living in Crimea right now, the choose to live under Russia

[@sebahattindavut1403]

Out reality, they don't want to see issue is not putin russian people, russian will never abandon Crimea, no one wait for ukrain in Crimea

[@ninaotan7811]

Sure Russian population, which elected an ex-KGB officer for a president in a free election in 2000, is a problem. Russia signed three international agreements by which it recognised Crimea as a part of Ukraine. The last of three - a bilateral Ukraine - Russia treaty 2003 - was signed by Putin personally. Crimeans themselves voted in favour of Ukraine independence in the referendum 1991. To be precise 54% of them and 57% in Sevastopol.

[@sebahattindavut1403]

@ninaotan7811 yes ex KGB what is wrong with that, He graduated one of best university, he worked also many different positions in goverment not as KGB , in st Petersburg and Moscow. With great success, of course as russian we prefer to see him as a president of russian, i can write also why Crimea is belong to Russians from the 18th century,

[@ninaotan7811]

@@sebahattindavut1403 Of course Putin is the right ruler for the Russians who are not even slaves because slaves rebel sometimes.

[@delveling]

We dont hear anything from Crimea,.... We are constantly hearing about things going bang and orcs getting splatted in crimea.. and russia doesnt even dare to house its fleet in crimea anymore, e they have moved it further back to a russian port of Novorossiysk.

[@robo__cop8154]

will ukraine still exist is what this fool should be asking ,crimea supports russia more than 95% crimeans support russia so no ukraine cannot have control over it

[@Sziasztok742]

an occupation? it's called coming home.

[@user-qx1on2jp5q]

Exactly how much of an education in native language of massive percentage of population (Russian) was there in Ukraine? None? Exactly

[@anis06011972]

Delusional

[@happymelon7129]

Open-air concert held in Russia's Red Square to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Crimea's return President Putin was re-elected with more than 87% of the vote. Putin attended an open-air concert in Moscow's Red Square on Monday (18th) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the return of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia.

[@MrFrumos]

Please correct the name of Ukrainian city "Odesa" you have on the topic map of this video.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

It will be Russian again.

[@231rosslyn]

​@@timmy-wj2hcThat's what russia has been trying to accomplish for two years now. However, no luck.

[@acmb6763]

@@timmy-wj2hcfound a putler bot! Are you receiving enough to buy 1 potato? 😂😂😂😂

[@alloutofbubblegum7271]

@@timmy-wj2hcHow? They were unable to even keep Cherson.

[@univeropa3363]

@@alloutofbubblegum7271 By taking it? Seems obvious.

[@bruhman8075]

:) Ukraine did the same thing to minorities like Hungarians Romanians and Poles them judging russia is pathetic

[@mishaknopkin2199]

Why he talks Russian?

[@derkaiser723]

Returning back Crimea to Ukraine is like a grasp of water or fog 🌫️.

[@cosmos99ify]

Crimea is Russia. So is Ukraine.

[@helios7212]

Heartbreaking what Russia has done to the Crimean Tatars, ugh 😔💔

[@moiseshuerta3984]

Russians? I thought it was historically part of Ukraine?

[@michaelowino228]

Good video.

[@Hexiad]

Fall/Winter 2034: 10 year anniversary of Russian annexation of Eastern Ukraine

[@alloutofbubblegum7271]

2034: 10 year anniversary of the death of Putin.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

97% of people voted for the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation (1,274,096 voters)

[@Amanbiswas_2003.]

After seeing clips from Russia in which russian armed solders standing behind the voters. I am not surprised how people have voted even if they are not russian in Cremea. Election in russia is just a joke.

[@231rosslyn]

Unfortunately, illegally.

[@TalibanAtrocities]

Yeah like Sundays 87% 🤣🤣🤣 The OP is mentally challenged

[@silviadunderdale9400]

Lol, of course they voted!…under a gun point.🤡

[@khanimran7465]

Where was Europe n America when Russia conquered crimea

[@vladnickul]

fun fact. in ukraine you also cannot learn anything in your native language. not in polish not in romanian or tatar and for sure not russian ;) Being against russia does not mean you are a decent place ;) LOL the whole world depends on ukraine :)))))))))) europe america australia antartica and chile

[@eddastrohmayer251]

That's main reason why Orban supports Russia

[@MyDagfinn]

Just one tiny problem there, it is not true. In occupied territories though, only the Russian curriculum and language.

[@seatest9057]

FYI there is a special article in the Ukrainian constitution protecting the Russian language. Стаття 10. ... В Україні гарантується вільний розвиток, використання і захист російської, інших мов національних меншин України.

[@PKowalski2009]

Don't spread disinformation.

[@vladnickul]

@@PKowalski2009 it's really not. :)

[@ivanivanov-qi1el]

You cannot say that the tatars are indigenous people of European territory. Its a nonsense.

[@user-ph5ys7ed7i]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 If Poo-tin won with 87% of the vote, then I am a retired Kamikaze pilot. We shouldn't call him president either as he is not a legitimate leader . Ruzzis must be enforced to come to realise their shame for following Poo-tin..

[@Hallomyoldfriend]

Search for Jamala's Eurovision performance. She won the Eurovision for Ukraine after Russia occupied Crimea. She is of Crimean Tatar descent, and her song is one of the best I've ever heard. Crimea is Ukraine!

[@joyaku3078]

😂😂😃goncherenko the fool is disillushened expecting tgat ukraine will recover Crimea😁😁😁CRIMEA IS RUSSIA was merely transferred to ukraine for administrative reason by kruchev in 60s because Crimea has land bridge with ukraine

[@thePronto]

Not long to go now...

[@sharavivbanyamyanyasharala3361]

Oh wow ,stop it😅

[@mishaknopkin2199]

Crimea is Russia since 1783. And do not lie us Americans anything else.

[@maxsmith3580]

look at the history of the balkans, bunch of countries sandwiched between Russian Empire and Wester Europe, a piece of land forever cursed to be the battle ground of giants. One would think people who live there would have learned their lessons but I guess not, apparently every generation has to relearn that lesson. Lets hope this is the last time but I doubt it.

[@DavidVargas-hg7cs]

There were racial laws in Crimea

[@molos3466]

True Lies

[@Adnan-bc1vk]

HOW MANY COUNTRIES IS FIGHTING FOR THE WEST ? UKRAIN AND ISRAEL AND NEXT IS ANY COUNTRY NEEDS SOME MONEY FROM THEM 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@norinretrescu2474]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣it's as if they are robots that endlessly repeat the same nonsense without a sense of reality.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ArmonMitchell]

the guest was daft

[@cassmartins]

Crimea will never return to Ukraine.

[@twidanibasenni3804]

It seems that you people has nothing better to tell us again,

[@jonny5714]

Tatars go tatar

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once nato began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining nato was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO NATO is not a defensive alliance. Nato illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

[@bigboyshit1]

Not even close: in 2014 Putin threatened the then Ukrainian president victor Yanukovych if he went ahead with the Ukrainian people’s desire, following a democratic vote, to become an EU member county Hundreds of EU delegates were present in Ukraine awaiting for Yanukovych to sign the paper work. However, he returned from a call with Putin looking extremely frightened - and refused to sign, causing the Ukrainian public to revolt and complain. Following the fighting between the then Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people, heavily armed Russians appeared in the Donbas. Recall what happened in Georgia and Chechnya? Putin delivered his militants to lay siege against the Ukrainian government and would use the false claim Russian people were being targeted - how many civilians have access to automatic weapons and rocket launchers We all know what then happened in Crimea. It’s hardly credible that one day, for absolutely no reason. Ukrainians started persecuting Russian speaking people. It’s very funny how this happened in Georgia and is now happening in Romania right now 🥴 I will claim that as Russian land now thanks It’s also of no coincidence that 80% of Ukraines massive, untapped natural resources, reside in the Donbas area Putin is trying to steal Nice try bot

[@PewDiePie777]

​@@bigboyshit1Wonderfully said! Ukraine to NATO!

[@pedromendesrbd]

nato had no interest in invading russia. they would never risk european peace just to dethrone putin. also, germany was a great ally to russia, as they had agreements for example nordstream. so trying to justify the war bringing ukrainian actions makes no sense. they didn't ask to be invaded.

[@juniorsmith8359]

Look at lie

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

Dear @dwnews spelling Odesa with double S on the video thumbnail is a russian romanization. Please use ukrainian romanization with a single S.

[@userq5jslbl72zov]

Nobody cares.😂

[@user-ue4fz2lj7c]

The people voted to join Russia in 2014

[@gersonduran4451]

THE EEUU 🇺🇸 SHOULD NOT GIVE ONE MORE DOLLAR TO ukraine

[@silviadunderdale9400]

Wishful thinking won’t get you anywhere. Ukraine is getting more money and more weapons. Now jog on !🤡

[@DanielBritoist]

propagandist!

[@putinhuylo5404]

Kremlin trolls are not welcome here, so, proclaim your narratives elsewhere, in Siberia, for instance

[@natureblank1401]

​@@putinhuylo5404 womp womp

[@putinhuylo5404]

@@natureblank1401 Dude, learn Chinese, you'll need it soon

[@molos3466]

D

[@molos3466]

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[@molos3466]

A

[@psnaris]

And what about the native Prussians who used to live along the south shore of the Baltic? Whatever happened to them?

[@J.o.s.h.u.a.]

Ethnically replaced by Germans, then the territory was given to Poland and Kaliningrad

[@231rosslyn]

Tell us. And how is it relevant to Crimea?

[@VytautasLDK]

"Not elected"... How are those elections in Ukraine going? Also talking about Crimea... Why not invite anyone from Russian side to talk? After all is their flag raised there

[@molos3466]

O

[@thulsa_doom]

🎂

[@happymelon7129]

Putin emphasized that Crimea is not only a strategically important territory, but also the history, tradition and pride of Russia. The most important thing is the local people, who have never been separated from Russia. Putin also mentioned the four eastern Ukrainian regions that were annexed in special military operations, describing them as "New Russia". He also said that compared with Crimea, the return of these regions was more difficult and tragic, but they all returned to Russia in the end. It is a grand event in Russian history. Putin also announced the construction of a new railway connecting Crimea through the occupied eastern Ukraine region. Putin said that in the Russian-occupied areas of Berdyansk and Mariupol, the road between the two eastern Ukrainian coastal cities has been repaired, and the authorities will build a new railway line extending to the Crimean port city of Sevas. Topol, became an alternative road to the Crimean Bridge.

[@231rosslyn]

So? Putler blasts out all kind of nonsense.

[@lanagrichiart]

Putin making Stalin's rules there!!! and will continue!!!... ARE U OK wth THAT....????

[@operator9858]

My family once lived in the region. Didnt go so well to put it lightly. Now they want my tax money...

[@pewlookalikegaming2225]

I'm glad we agree that Crimea does not belong to Russia.

[@thulsa_doom]

It does, though.

[@geoms6263]

Belong to tatars

[@helios7212]

​@@thulsa_doomIt doesn't, though. 🙄

[@PlaYer-sn5or]

If Isreal can annexe Palestine, why can't Russia annexe Ukraine?

[@jovandjuric8102]

And where belong Kosovo???

[@vv93041t]

Crimea is Russian

[@newfoundpower5061]

Свободу Брянской, Курской, Белгородской, Воронежской и Ростовской республикам!

[@user-tq9dr7so4c]

Свободу Львову, Одессе, Николаеву😁. А перечисленые тобой области и так свободны.

[@newfoundpower5061]

@@user-tq9dr7so4c Московити, очнитесь!!! Кроме шняги и чернозема ничего в Украине не увидите! Не на тех нарвались!!!

[@231rosslyn]

Якутии, Дагестану....итд.

[@fasillead3766]

😂😂😂😂😂