Ukraine demands that Russia release Ukrainian citizens detained in Crimea

Ukraine demands that Russia release Ukrainian citizens detained in Crimea

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in its statement, that "illegal searches and ungrounded detentions of 13 citizens from Ukraine, who are Crimean Tatars, took place on February 11 and 12, 2016."

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said these detentions are due to "the false fight against terrorism." "We demand that the Russian Federation immediately stop the political repression against citizens of Ukraine, and release persons who are being held illegally.

Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that the issue of the next wave of genocide against Crimean Tatars of Russia he will raised during the international security conference in Munich.