Review of Crimean news (VIDEO)

Journalist Muslim Umerov collected the top 15 main Crimean news for the week

1. The occupiers transfer some of the political prisoners from the Simferopol pre-trial detention center-2 to the prison in Chongar.

The Crimean human rights group reports that the Russians have opened another prison in the occupied village of Chongar, Henichesk district, Kherson region. The occupation authorities have not officially announced the new pre-trial detention center.

The CHG emphasizes that residents of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, who are abducted by the occupiers for political reasons, end up there. In particular, the new pre-trial detention center holds 10 people whom the Russians accused of participating in the Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan.

2. Occupiers mine the territory of the Crimean Titan chemical plant in occupied Armyansk.

Oleksandr Prokudin, head of Kherson OGA, stated this. According to him, an explosion at a chemical plant could cause the release of thousands of tons of toxic substances into the atmosphere and lead to an ecological disaster. Residents of the occupied Crimea, seven oblasts of Ukraine, as well as Türkiye and Russia itself, are under threat.

3. The occupation Ministry of Emergency Situations conducts training in the center of Simferopol

This was reported in the press service of the occupation administration of the city, writes the Telegram channel of the occupiers "Vesty Krym". It is noted that citizens are advised to take these circumstances into account when planning their routes.

4. In occupied Crimea, the number of the "Yellow Ribbon" activists movement reached 3,500 people

Activists of the movement announced this in their Telegram channel. The publication notes that being an activist of the "Yellow Ribbon" movement means not only hanging ribbons and pasting posters, and drawing graffiti, but also transmitting information about human rights violations, and information about enemy troops to the "e-Enemy" chatbot. And waiting for the moment when the Ukrainian army crosses the administrative border between the Kherson region and Crimea.

5. In occupied Sevastopol, for the second time in a week, anti-submarine defense training is being conducted

The occupation governor of the city Mykhailo Razvozhaev announced this. In the Kamyshova Bay area of occupied Sevastopol, the occupation fleet is conducting so-called PPDO calculations - i.e. Anti-submarine and sabotage support with real firing. On May 29, several powerful explosions rang out in Sevastopol. At the same time, the occupation Gauleiter declares that "everything is calm" in the city.

6. On May 24, the Russian Federation conducted training on the security of the Crimean bridge. The occupiers created a smoke screen with the help of TDA-3 smoke machines, which partially masked the bridge. However, this tactic has already shown its ineffectiveness in the course of the war with Ukraine, - reports the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter. The TDA-3 probably belonged to the 28th brigade of the nuclear, biological, and chemical defense forces of Russia. According to Russian military doctrine, smoke is used as an important part of camouflage. However, in practice, Russian camouflage proved ineffective in the war in Ukraine, probably due to the need for a strong centralized planning system and low combat discipline at lower levels.
7. The occupiers came to the home of the Crimean Tatar activist Elmaz Akimova for the second time

Elmaz Akimova herself announced this on her Facebook page. The so-called senior police lieutenant Akhmedov arrived at her parents' house, where Akimova is registered. As stated in the explanation, the occupier was sent to check whether Elmaz Akimova is currently at the specified address of residence. When asked what crime their daughter had committed, Akhmedov told Akimova's parents that there was no crime.

8. On May 30, the occupiers searched the house of the Crimean Tatar Ridvan Rustemov in Eski Qırım

This was reported to "Crimean Solidarity" by regional activists. After the search, Rustemov was put in a minibus and taken in an unknown direction. On the same day, Ridvan Rustemov was released by the occupiers.

"I heard the word "police". My wıfe left the bedroom and before she went back into the bedroom, they were already in the house. Masked people with assault rifles entered our bedroom. We didn't understand anything. They did not explain anything, they did not show any documents. They did not respond to our request to explain what was happening and show their documents. They scared my wife and children very much. They took me out into the street, where they asked who we were renting an apartment from. After that, they said that it is necessary to drive with them. They took my passport and my wife's passport, they took everyone's phones, even my son's. They said that there was no choice but to go with them. They took me to another house, kept me there for 3-4 hours, without explanation, and after that, they returned everything and said that I was free. I didn't understand anything, they just scared my family," says Rustemov.

9. The occupying security forces announced that they detained two Crimeans on suspicion of participating in the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar Battalion".

This is reported by propaganda media with reference to the press service of the FSB.

In the message of the occupiers, it is said that they allegedly established that the brothers who were born in 1999 and 2000 voluntarily joined the ranks of the battalion and, being part of it on the territory of Ukraine, performed the functions of protecting objects located near the settlement of Chongar, Henichesk district, Kherson region. It is noted that criminal cases have been initiated against the detainees, and they face up to 15 years in prison. Their names and surnames are not mentioned.

10. The first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the political prisoner Nariman Dzhelyalov, is not given the necessary medicaments and is not allowed to lie down

The wife of political prisoner Leviza Dzhelyalova told about this on the air of the Crimean Question program after meeting him. Nariman Dzhelal's spine problems worsened after being transferred to the FSB pre-trial detention center in Simferopol. According to his wife, Dzhelyalov already had problems with his spine, but the transfer to another isolation ward could cause aggravation due to the brutal detention regime, where it is impossible to stay in bed from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. At that moment, Dzhelyalov was transferred from the quarantine cell to the general cell. His condition is relatively stable.

11. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed a protest in connection with the illegal passing of sentences by the Russian court to four participants of the second Sevastopol group in the so-called "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case.

This is stated in the commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The department notes that Russia in the temporarily occupied territories is resorting to all kinds of crimes with the aim of destroying centers of freedom of thought and religion that are not under the control of its punitive bodies.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on Ukraine's international partners, in particular within the framework of the Crimean Platform international platform, to condemn Russia's repressive campaigns in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and the practice of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights.

On May 31, the Southern District Military Court of the Russian Federation announced the sentence to the participants of the second Sevastopol group in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Dzhebbar Bekirov was sentenced to 17 years in prison, with the first four years to be served in prison. The court convicted Rustem Murasov, Rustem Tairov, and Zavur Abdullayev to 12 years of imprisonment in a high-security prison: the first 4 years they will also spend in prison.

12. As a result of the occupation of Crimea, 15 children died.

Such data was made public by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center. At the same time, human rights defenders do not name the specific reasons for which the children died. It is also noted that one baby was separated from its mother, and dozens of children suffered due to the murders and abductions of their parents. The CRC insists that because of the occupation, dozens of thousands of children are deprived of the right to study their native Crimean Tatar or Ukrainian languages in Crimea. Also, many children suffered from ecocide in occupied Crimea and became forced migrants.

13. In occupied Yalta, Russians illegally take real estate from Ukrainian citizens who have renounced Russian citizenship.

This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The message states that in the temporarily occupied Yalta, the Russian occupation authorities are illegally taking real estate from Ukrainian citizens who did not accept Russian citizenship during the occupation of the peninsula and are moving Russian servicemen into these houses. The General Staff emphasized that the invaders continue to impose Russian citizenship on the population in various ways.

14. The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine reports on the referral to the court of the case of a former policeman from Kherson, who took an active part in establishing a railway connection between parts of the occupied territories of southern Ukraine and occupied Crimea.

It is noted that after the occupation of Kherson, the suspect immediately supported the occupation authorities. He was appointed deputy head of the "construction and assembly department" in the enterprise "Khersonskaya Zaliznytsia" created by the Russians. The SBI reports that the man took an active part in restoring the railway connection with the occupied Crimea, which the Russians used, in particular, for the transportation of weapons.

15. The SBI announced the suspicion of a resident of Crimea for the seizure of the International Children's Center "Artek". The suspect was a former Crimean law enforcement officer.

This is reported by the State Bureau of Investigation. According to the agency, at the time of the occupation of the Russian peninsula in 2014, the man served in the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and guarded Artek. For his assistance in capturing the International Children's Center on the peninsula, the traitor received a position in the occupying "Ministry of Internal Affairs." In 2019, the former law enforcement officer transferred to the "Rosguard" and is now engaged in the persecution of Ukrainian citizens who disagree with the Russian authorities, participating in the dispersal of rallies and demonstrations in the temporarily occupied Crimea. A traitor faces punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 15 years with confiscation of property.