The Crimean Platform initiative will be the epicenter of Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine in 2021, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
During an online briefing on Thursday, the minister told that he is satisfied with the nervous reaction of the Russian Federation to the Crimean Platform.
"I am satisfied with the reaction of the Russian Federation to the Crimean Platform - this reaction is very nervous. Russia is trying to discredit this idea [the Crimean Platform initiative] in every possible way. I get a lot of information in this regard from various channels," Kuleba asserted.
He also emphasised that despite threats of Russia's hybrid war, Ukraine has enough allies on its side to achieve success.
"We have to understand that the Crimean Platform will be one of the epicenters of Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine next year. But we know that the truth is on our side, that we are doing the right and just thing, and that there are enough allies on our side to achieve success in this sphere," the Foreign Minister added.
About Crimean Platform
The Crimean Platform is a new consultative and coordination format initiated by Ukraine to improve the international response to the occupation of Crimea and growing security challenges.
The Platform aims to increase international pressure on Russia, prevent further human rights violations, protect victims of the occupation regime, and achieve the goal of de-occupation of Crimea and its return to Ukraine.
The Crimean Platform will operate at several levels:
The first is the highest political level, which will be joined by foreign heads of state and government. The second is the level of heads of foreign policy departments and defence ministers; the third is the inter-parliamentary level; the fourth is the level of non-governmental experts.
The activities of the Crimean Platform will be officially launched at the inaugural summit which is planned to be held in Kyiv in 2021.
