Russia’s plans to call on residents of the annexed Crimea to military service violate international law, said British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons.
“Russia’s plans to conscript and illegally transfer 3,300 young Crimeans across an international border to Russia violates international law shamelessly. The UK calls on Russia to end its continued human rights abuses on Ukrainian territory immediately. #crimeaisukraine,” she wrote on Twitter on April 7.
