Hundreds of Ukrainians demonstrated yesterday (Sunday) in the Salytien plaza in Costa Adeje, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of their country. Over 4,000 Ukrainian refugees have been homed in the Canary Islands Since the war started.
The protesters recalled that Russia occupied Crimea by military force and tried to create "people's republics" in eastern, southern, and central Ukraine, under the guise of an "independence movement" invading the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
After intense fighting in 2014 and 2015, the undeclared war in eastern Ukraine entered a state of fragile truce, until on February 24th last year, Russia attacked Ukraine head-on, calling it a "special operation."
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied at all times by a campaign of disinformation and propaganda, and is the worst military attack in Europe in living memory since the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939.
The UN General Assembly condemned Russia's actions in its resolution of March 2nd, 2022, and on March 16th the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague forced Russia to stop military operations in Ukraine that began on February 24th.
Russia constantly claims that it is a "peacemaker" and seeks peace, as criticized by the Ukrainians. Since the start of the military conflict in 2014, there has been a constant narrative about the "rescue" of those whom he supposedly goes to protect, they point out. This happened for decades, and the world did not notice.
