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26 February 2023
The U.S. Department of State once again emphasized that it did not recognize and will never recognize Russia's claimed annexation of Crimea, and also welcomed the efforts of the Crimea Platform, which reminds the world of the ongoing occupation of the peninsula.
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said there were several scenarios for the start of the full-scale war, so no one could offer accurate predictions on when exactly the massive offensive would be launched.
There will be neither reconciliation nor cooperation with Russia in the next hundred years.
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar has called on international partners to help bring the victory of Ukraine and the de-occupation of Crimea closer.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his belief that peace can be restored by returning Crimea because it is Ukrainian land and people.
By returning Crimea, we will restore peace – President
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink addressed Ukrainians on the Day of Resistance to Russia’s Occupation of Crimea and pledged U.S. support in the struggle for the liberation of the peninsula.
The resistance to the Russian occupation of Crimea has been ongoing for nine years, since February 26, 2014. So far, 180 people have become Kremlin's political prisoners, most of whom are Crimean Tatars.
On February 26, Ukraine marks Day of Resistance to Russia’s Occupation of Crimea.
Ukraine marks Day of Resistance to Russia’s Occupation of Crimea
Russian troops are enhancing their defenses in the temporarily occupied Crimea, setting up more fortifications. In particular, 150 conscript soldiers from Russia’s Chelyabinsk region were ordered to do the relevant engineering work.
Conscripts brought from Russia to set up fortifications in Crimea
The Ukrainian Army will be ready to launch a counteroffensive as early as this spring with one of its strategic goals being to cut Russia’s access to Crimea.
24 February 2023
The Ukrainian leadership is preparing to bring Crimea back, and it is necessary to work towards this.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Air Force has launched 14 strikes on enemy personnel and military equipment clusters. Additionally, the Ukrainian military destroyed Russia’s Mi-24 attack helicopter and Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Partisans have raised the national flag of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced on Friday a new package of Russia sanctions, including export bans on every item Russia has been found using on the battlefield to date.
Russia has likely changed its approach to the war in Ukraine and focused on exhausting the Ukrainian Army in a longer-term operation.
23 February 2023
More than 82% of Ukrainian citizens are confident in their country’s ability to successfully repel an ongoing onslaught by the Russian Federation.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine in the southern areas completed 160 firing missions, having eliminated 13 invaders and destroyed a Grad multiple rocket launch system on the Kinburn spit.
22 February 2023
Russia is the biggest threat to the security of the Bucharest Nine countries, so the B9 countries will do everything possible to strengthen NATO's military presence on the eastern flank of the military alliance.
One year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin is losing strategically and at enormous cost to the Russian military.
Russia is preparing a scenario of internal destabilization in Ukraine as the only way out of own military defeat. To this end, on international platforms and in Ukraine, the Russian Federation, through its "experts", is promoting the idea of Ukraine giving up the territories of Crimea, as well as Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in exchange for an end to the war.
21 February 2023
Nuclear threats voiced by the Kremlin will not affect the determination of the G7 nations to continue supporting Ukraine.
Students in Crimean schools greet each other with the phrase "Glory to Ukraine!"
Illegally mobilized residents of temporarily occupied Crimea are breaking Russia’s military hardware in order not to participate in the war on Ukraine.
20 February 2023
On the day of the 9th anniversary of the beginning of the temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine by Russia, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly underscored that Crimea is part of Ukraine.
Currently, none of the paths to liberating Russia-occupied Crimea is ruled out, while the diplomatic efforts could complement the military ones.
Russian opposition figure and political prisoner Oleksiy Navalny published 15 principles of his political platform, where he noted that the borders of Ukraine were designated in 1991, and that Russia must recognize them.
19 February 2023
The Russian fleet has deployed in the Black Sea 10 warships, two of which are Kalibr missile carriers.