The Ukrainian president has condemned an “utterly heinous” attack on a market that killed at least 17 people, including a child. And the Romanian defence minister has said that debris found may be from a Russian drone attack.
‘This war began several centuries ago’
New Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov, has explained why he is so focused on winning the war against Russia, saying Moscow occupied his homeland of Crimea many centuries ago.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said: “For me, this war did not begin in 2022, and not even in 2014.
“For my family and the Crimean Tatar people, the war with Russia began several centuries ago, when Moscow first occupied my native Crimea.
“I was born after my family had been deported, and as a child lived through the hardships brought about by Russian colonialism, which attempted to make indigenous Crimean Tatar people feel as though they were aliens on their own land.
“They did not succeed back then, and they will never succeed. Our main goal today is to win the war.”
Minister @rustem_umerov:
For me, this war did not begin in 2022, and not even in 2014. For my family and the Crimean Tatar people, the war with russia began several centuries ago, when moscow first occupied my native Crimea. I was born after my family had been deported, and as a… pic.twitter.com/IHoSAkf0yz— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 6, 2023
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-latest-drone-romania-defence-minister-12541713