Ukraine's Deputy PM asks Ukrainians to leave Crimea and wait for liberation
Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, has asked Ukrainians to leave occupied Crimea if possible.
Source: Vereshchuk on Telegram
Quote: "Once again, I am asking Ukrainians to leave Crimea if possible.
Wait for the liberation of the peninsula in [Ukrainian-]controlled territory or third countries."
Previously: Iryna Vereshchuk stated in mid-August that the war with Russia will go on for a long time and will not be over either by the end of this year or by next spring, as some hope.
Background:
- Recently, explosions have been increasingly common in occupied Crimea.On 22 September, it was reported that there had been a missile attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. The Russian Ministry of Defence even acknowledged the death of one soldier, although later the occupiers' defence ministry reported him as "missing".
- Foreign media outlets said that Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to attack the Black Sea Fleet headquarters.
- Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, said that at least 9 people, including Russian generals, were killed and 16 wounded in the Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
- A successful operation by the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine resulted in a missile strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol on 22 September.
- The Russians reported explosions in Sevastopol but claimed these were caused by the air defence systems’ response and missile pieces had fallen from the skies.
- Following the explosions, the Russian occupying authorities even decided to inspect the shelters in Sevastopol.
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