A Ukrainian diplomat said the consuls pay visits to detained Ukrainians across Russia.
Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Member of Parliament of Ukraine Refat Chubarov has told Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that the Russian-controlled occupation authorities are increasing pressure on the Crimean Tatars on the annexed peninsula.
A 46-year-old Volodymyr Balukh, a Ukrainian activist and recognized political prisoner, has been sentenced to 3 years, seven months after a gravely flawed trial which human rights groups have condemned as reprisals for his open opposition to Russia's occupation of his native Crimea – and, effectively, for a Ukrainian flag, according to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG).