Today, on 18 May, Ukraine commemorates the anniversary of the deportation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula indigenous people — Crimean Tatars. Exactly 77 years ago, the interior ministry of the Soviet Union (NKVD) on orders from Moscow started mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from the Peninsula. The operation lasted three days and is deemed the speediest deportation in global history.
EuroMaidan Press: 10 things about the Crimean Tatar deportation you wanted to know
A boy holds a Crimean Tatar flag during the celebration of Crimean Tatar Flag Day in Kyiv on June 26, 2020.
