Time to go back home: Yellow Ribbon resistance movement in Crimea gathers momentum

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – MONDAY, 11 JULY 2022, 18:10

The Yellow Ribbon resistance movement against the Russian occupation is gathering momentum in temporarily Russian-occupied Crimea.

Source: The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on Facebook

Quote: "The Yellow Ribbon movement of resistance against the occupiers has begun operating in the temporarily occupied city of Simferopol [in Crimea - ed.], as well as in Kherson and Melitopol."

Details: Crimean Yellow Ribbon activists are distributing leaflets with photos from the 26 February 2014 protests in Crimea and rallying cries of "Crimea is Ukraine. We are coming back!", "Crimea is Ukraine. Not just since 1954, but forever!" and "Time to resist! Time to fight! Time to go back home."

Background: On 26 February 2014, mass pro-Ukrainian demonstrations took place near the parliament building in Simferopol. According to different estimates, between 5,000 and 10,000 Crimean residents gathered there to protest against separatism.

Earlier:

• The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is calling on Crimeans to avoid being mobilised by the Russian occupying forces.
• The Russian occupiers have strengthened their missile and air defences and the security of the Crimean Bridge to repel a possible attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.