The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, does not rule out a new wave of mobilization of Crimeans to the Russian army, including Crimean Tatars. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel, referring to the information he received about the meeting of the head of the Russian-controlled Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea and Sevastopol Emirali Ablaev with the Russian Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Crimea Igor Ilarionov, reports UNN.
According to Chubarov, during the meeting, Ablaev committed himself to "facilitate the involvement of Crimean Tatars in the Russian war against Ukraine.
"During the meeting, which was not covered by the media, the issue of increasing the mobilization of men of military age living in the occupied Crimea to the Russian army was discussed... It is known that Emirali Ablaev committed himself to organizing events that, according to his assurances, "will help attract Crimean Tatars to participate in a special military operation," Chubarov wrote.
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According to Krym. Realiyi, in February, Eskender Bariev, head of the board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, predicted that after the presidential election, the situation with mobilization in the occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea, would worsen.
In January, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stated that the intensification of forced mobilization by Russian forces in the occupied territories of Ukraine was caused by the need to cover personnel losses and the decline in support for the war among the Russian population.
Before that, the Human Rights Watch organization stated in its report that the Russian authorities continue to forcibly mobilize Ukrainians in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Human rights activists emphasized that this practice is a "war crime.