Zelenskiy announced the date of the summit of the Crimean Platform
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Zelenskiy announced the date of the summit of the Crimean Platform

Volodymyr Zelenskyi
Zelenskyy

The Summit of the Crimean Platform will be held on September 11, 2024. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this in an evening video message.

Points of attention

  • The Summit of the Crimean Platform is scheduled for September 11, 2024 in Latvia.
  • The Crimean platform was created to return the issue of the deoccupation of Crimea to general international policy and to protect the rights of people on the peninsula.
  • The main goals of the Crimean Platform: promoting the de-occupation of Crimea, protecting people's rights, strengthening European and global security.
  • The first summit of the Crimean Platform took place on August 23, 2021 and brought together representatives of 47 states and international organizations.

The Summit of the Crimean Platform will be held on September 11

The head of state talked about preparations for several important diplomatic events that will take place this week.

Had several meetings today with our team of internationals. We are preparing the Summit of the Crimean Platform for September 11.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

The event will be held in Latvia. Last year it was organized in the Czech Republic.

The First Ladies and Gentlemen Summit will also take place this week. It is being prepared by the team of First Lady Olena Zelenska.

Important diplomatic meetings with partners will take place in the near future.

We remember the key goal: peace for all of Ukraine, for all our people, — said Zelenskyy.

What is the Crimean Platform

This is an international coordination mechanism that was created in 2021. He is trying to return the issue of deoccupation of the peninsula to the agenda of international politics.

The Crimean platform has an office in Kyiv and works continuously.

The coordination mechanism has several main goals:

  • promoting the deoccupation of Crimea;

  • protection of people's rights on the peninsula;

  • strengthening European and global security.

The first summit of the Crimean Platform took place on August 23, 2021, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. Representatives of 47 countries and international organizations attended the event.

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Nighttime Russian drone strike on the Dnieper — three people killed, many injured

Serhii Lysak / Dnipropetrovsk OVA
Dnieper

The number of victims in Dnipro continues to grow after the Russian attack on the evening of April 16. There are already 30 of them. Three people, including a teenager, have died.

Points of attention

  • Three people, including a child, lost their lives in a Russian drone strike on the Dnieper River in Dnipro, with 30 others sustaining injuries.
  • Medical facilities are providing assistance to the injured, with one individual reported to be in serious condition.
  • The attack resulted in significant damage to buildings, infrastructure, educational institutions, and vehicles in Dnipro.

Russia hit the Dnieper with martyrs: there are victims

According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak, a massive UAV attack led to tragic consequences in the Dnipro - three people died, including a child.

30 people were injured, five of them children. 16 patients remain under the supervision of doctors in medical institutions. One is in serious condition.

Serhiy Lysak

Serhiy Lysak

Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

About a dozen apartment buildings and the same number of private houses were damaged in the city. The building of an educational institution, a dormitory, and a gymnasium were damaged.

And also - a food company, a post office, a printing house, an administrative building, shops, and almost a dozen and a half cars.

Dnipro after the Russian attack

Last night, April 16, the Russians massively attacked the Dnieper with drones. The attack resulted in fires, damage, deaths, and many injuries.

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