UWC calls for tougher sanctions against Russia for its invasion and illegal occupation of Crimea

"The Ukrainian World Congress calls upon the international community to increase economic and political sanctions against the Russian Federation for this illegal occupation and militarization of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula," the UWC says in a report.

Governmental and non-governmental organizations must establish monitoring missions to gather information about the ongoing human rights violations and war crimes being committed by the Russian military and their proxies on Ukraine’s occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas.  This evidence will be important in future war crimes trials against Vladimir Putin and his lieutenants who are responsible for the murder of over 10,000 people in Ukraine, the bombing of flight MH17, political assassinations of their political opponents in Russia, Ukraine and around the world, chemical weapons attacks in Syria, and many other crimes.

“We call upon all governments, non-governmental organizations and businesses such as Google to maintain their support for Ukraine and those people on Ukraine’s occupied territories by abiding by U.S., Canadian, European and United Nations policy of non-recognition of Russia’s military annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula,” UWC President Paul Grod stated.

UWC calls on the international community to bring the Russian Federation to justice for its ongoing violation of international law, human rights and war crimes, and its ongoing military aggression against Ukraine. 

UWC welcomes the European Parliament’s Resolution of 12 March 2019 calling for the termination of any Russia-EU strategic partnership and continuation of the EU sanctions policy against Russia. The UWC also congratulates and calls upon the international community to follow the precedent of the U.S. Congress in passing the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act, that enshrines in legislation the non-recognition of Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.

Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine around the globe must amplify this effort to raise awareness and maintain international pressure on Russia until it withdraws its troops from the occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas.

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