On Thursday, May 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the office of the Crimea Platform and met with leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev, representatives of the Mejlis and the Crimean Tatar community.

“Today and every year on this day, May 18, we honor the memory of all the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. It was one of the most serious crimes of the twentieth century - the entire nation was forcibly removed from its native land and forced to live in a foreign land for decades. And when the people returned home, Russia once again brought its evil to their home, to our Ukraine - the evil of aggression, repression, and humiliation. It is our historical task to restore justice to all our people, to guarantee freedom for our entire country without any exceptions. The task of all those who defend the state, all those who chose Ukraine and, therefore, will win,” Zelenskyy said, the press service of the head of state reports.

He also noted that the Crimea Platform effectively directs the overall strength of the entire Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people.

“I am glad to know that our joint work with the Mejlis brings the result Ukraine needs,” the president stressed.

“By the way, we are preparing some very important joint steps for the near future. We are bringing the issue of Crimea, Crimean prisoners and all our people in Crimea to a new international level,” he added.