Address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tragic Death of People
Address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tragic Death of People as a Result of a Terrorist Act over the Territory of Ukraine
Address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tragic Death of People as a Result of a Terrorist Act over the Territory of Ukraine
22.7.2014
On July 17, 2014, passenger aircraft Boeing 777 of Malaysian Airlines, with nearly 300 passengers aboard, was shot down over the territory of Ukraine, near Torez city of Donetsk Oblast.
According to data of competent authorities of Ukraine, the terrorist act was carried out by militants who conduct military actions against Ukraine on the territory of Donetsk Oblast, using anti-aircraft missile system "BUK" supplied by the Russian Federation and serviced by the Russian military. As a result of the barbarian act, everyone aboard died. It was made possible due to support of the militants by the leadership of the Russian Federation, and due to their provision with modern military equipment and weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles.
Such actions and irresponsible policy of the Russian government, aimed against Ukraine, actually provoke acts of international terrorism that lead to deaths not only of citizens of Ukraine, but also of other states.
The illegal supply of weapons to the territory of Ukraine by the government of the Russian Federation, and the sending of Russian mercenaries and servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for participation in combat against Ukraine represent acts of military aggression against Ukraine that have all attributes of international terrorist activity, represented by such organizations as Al-Qaeda and others. The so called self-proclaimed organizations of Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic settled down to the same course.
The aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has already become a threat to lives and security of not only Ukrainian, but also foreign citizens, and becomes real threat to the whole world order.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expresses sincere condolences to relatives and friends of the deceased.
Condemning aggressive policy of the Russian government against Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine addressed international and European organizations and leaders of world countries with a suggestion to:
apply all necessary measures for investigating the circumstances of the tragedy;
establish and bring to responsibility those guilty of committing the terrorist act;
recognize the self-proclaimed organizations Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as terrorist ones;
jointly with Ukraine take measures, including in military and technical sphere, aimed at terminating activity of terrorist groups which conduct military actions against Ukraine, and represent a threat to peace and stability in the world.
Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine On counteraction to the spread of international terrorism, supported by the Russian Federation
22.7.2014
Ukraine has encountered one of the most complex and violent types of terrorism - the terrorism exported by a neighbor state.
Since having restored own independence in 1991, Ukraine has been promoting, by own example, the idea of the European Continent demilitarization - we have abandoned our nuclear weapons and have been consistently cutting down our armed forces. Since restoring independence, Ukraine has never acted aggressively against the neighbours, maintaining peaceful foreign policy. Ukraine considered the international law, compiled after the Second World War and the lessons learned from combating the aggressive Nazism, to bear guarantees for Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity.
But, as it appeared, the mistakes of the history were not worked through by everyone. Since February 2014 Ukraine suffers from aggression of a state that itself was one of the guarantors of independence and territorial integrity of our state. The Russian Federation has occupied two of Ukraine's regions - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sebastopol - and started to actively destabilize the situation in Ukraine's Southern and Eastern regions. Having failed in acquiring support of its activities from Ukrainian citizens of these regions, the leadership of the Russian Federation commenced to organize a terrorist war against Ukraine.
This war is characterized by a complete disregard for international law and disrespect for human life. Ukraine, together with the rest of the world, has come to know that the mercenaries, supported by the Russian Federation, are accustomed to killing civilians, tortures, kidnapping people for either receiving ransom payments or transporting to the Russian Federation and illegally keeping there, which was the case of Nadiya Savchenko.
The terrorists do not stop, they continue the massacres of Ukraine's peaceful population and hunt for those speaking Ukrainian or being of Jewish or Roma origin.
On July 17, 2014 the terrorism sponsored by the Russian Federation crossed over the borders of Ukraine. The terrorists supported by the Russian Federation killed 298 foreign citizens aboard Malaysian airlines jet. This crime is of the same kind as was the Lockerbie tragedy, the 9/11 (2001) and other crimes against humanity.
If we don't stop those, who carry forward the ideology of hate, there is the possibility that these innocent victims will not be the last ones. Terrorists and dictators don't stop.
The terrorists have crudely violated the proposed by the President of Ukraine cease-fire, continuing instead to attack Ukrainian military forces and civilians.
The People of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine, the territorial defense units, all the patriots of Ukraine, who speak various languages and pray in different shrines, united under the blue-and-yellow flag bravely oppose the terrorist aggression. But, the support for the terrorists, provided by the Russian Federation, - by sending mercenaries, machinery, and, during the last days, by direct use of arms by Russian troops against Ukrainian military forces, - leads further towards war and prevents making peace. This is a threat to security and stability on the whole European Continent and in the world.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appeals to all the peoples in the world to stand in unity against terrorism supported by the Russian Federation.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine calls for the Parliaments and the Governments of the countries in the world to recognize the so-called 'Donetsk People's Republic' and 'Luhansk People's Republic' along with the other formations alike as terrorist organizations and to promote this on both national and international levels.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine calls for the EU countries, the US, other nations that build the world of peace, democracy and human values, to act in urgent and efficient manner using the economic, political, diplomatic means of pressure towards the Russian Federation as a state, which poses a threat to modern Europe's and global security, with the aim to withdraw the Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine, to halt providing the terrorists with the mercenaries, arms, machinery and other supplies, to liberate the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory.
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