Poroshenko: Russia restores Soviet base and turns the Crimea in the “island of freedom”

Photo: Petro Poroshenko / Facebook

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged the international community to make Crimea unfeasible for Russia About this he wrote in Facebook.

“We need to strengthen the international regime of de-occupation of the Crimean Peninsula. At a time when Russia heightened pace militarytime Peninsula, restoring the Soviet base and transforming the Crimea in the “island of freedom”, we must make the best use of the available international legal mechanisms to convert the occupied Peninsula in a very heavy load for Moscow”, – he stressed.

Russia annexed the Crimea and Sevastopol after the military blockade of Ukrainian military units and illegal referendum on 16 March 2014. The annexation of Crimea by Russia is not recognised by Ukraine and most countries of the world.

In connection with these events, the Western countries, particularly USA, Canada, Japan and the EU have imposed sanctions against Russia. They several times renewed and tightened.

The leaders of the countries members of the European Union summit in Brussels agreed to extend for six months sanctions against Russia for aggression in Ukraine. The decision must be issued a legal act of the EU Council. It will enter into force on 1 August.