CNN
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim troopers observing Ramadan on Friday, in what he mentioned would turn out to be an annual “new custom of respect.”
Iftar is the meal breaking the day by day quick through the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Addressing members on the dinner which included leaders of the Mejlis, the only highest executive-representative physique of the Crimean Tatars, and representatives of the Muslim clergy, Zelensky thanked the Muslim neighborhood.
He mentioned the month of Ramadan was “revered in every single place in Ukraine – even on the entrance line, even in fight circumstances.”
Since Moscow’s unprovoked invasion in February 2021, Ukraine has launched a number of strikes in opposition to Russian positions in Crimea, which was beforehand annexed by Moscow in 2014 and is presently beneath Kremlin management.
Zelensky has repeatedly vowed to liberate Crimea, which he says stays “a part of Ukrainian individuals and society.
He additionally criticized Russia’s remedy of Muslims in Crimea.
“Russia’s try to enslave Ukraine and different individuals of Europe started exactly from the occupation of the Ukrainian Crimea, exactly from repressions within the Crimea in opposition to Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar freedom, in opposition to Crimean Muslims,” Zelensky mentioned.
“The liberation of Crimea has no alternate options not just for Ukraine, but additionally for the entire world.”
