The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko declared it, was reported by UNN.

According to Nikolenko, the FSS action is nothing more than an unsuccessful attempt by the occupying repressive bodies of the Russian Federation aimed at concealing repressions against the Crimean Tatar population of Crimea.

Attention was drawn to the provocative statements of the FSB of the Russian Federation regarding the alleged "involvement" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Crimean Tatar People's Majlis in protests against the actions of the Russian occupation administration and illegal paramilitary groups in the temporarily occupied Crimea. gas pipeline, as another provocation on the part of the Russian Federation ", - the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized.

He stressed that the videos circulated in the media with "confessions" of illegally detained citizens of Ukraine "were obtained through the use of severe torture".

Ukraine demands that the Russian Federation immediately release illegally detained Ukrainian citizens and stop torturing and persecuting members of the Crimean Tatar people.

What is known

• On September 3 and 4, five Crimean Tatars were detained in Simferopol and Yevpatoria: businessman Eldar Adamanov, brothers Aziz and Asan Akhtemov, Shevket Useinov, and deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatar People's Majlis Nariman Dzhellyalov on suspicion of blowing up a gas pipeline in the village.
• Dozens of people, including relatives, journalists and lawyers, came to the FSB building demanding information about the detainees.
• More than forty of them were detained, including journalists of "Crimean Solidarity" and "Graney.ru" Ayder Kadyrov and Nuri Abdurashitov.
• The FSS of the Russian Federation reported that during the "investigation" of the so-called case of "sabotage" information was allegedly obtained about the connection of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people with the special services of Ukraine.