Today, on 22 August, Permanent Representative Tamila Tasheva spoke at the presentation of the results of the study “Restoration of the de-occupied communities of Ukraine: analysis of experience and needs”, prepared by the team of the Agency for Legislative Initiatives within the framework of the project “Civil Society for Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery and EU Readiness”.

The purpose of the study was to identify the main needs of the de-occupied communities in various socio-economic areas, which are necessary to restore their viability.

In addition to the Permanent Representative, the event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Reconstruction, the Ministry of Reintegration, MP Vitaliy Bezgin, community associations and other stakeholders.

The Permanent Representative expressed her position on the findings of the study and noted that the territories occupied by Russia more than 9 years ago are significantly different from those occupied after the full-scale invasion in 2022. There is a wider range of problems and challenges caused by the occupiers that we will have to deal with. 

“First of all, we have to restore the functioning of public authorities in the liberated territories, including the establishment of military and civil-military administrations, which will allow us to ensure a certain degree of control over the process and a phased post-occupation transition. We are also talking about restoring educational, medical services, communications, and infrastructure. Equally important will be the work with documents issued in the occupied territories. All of them will be subject to verification,” said Tamila Tasheva.

The Permanent Representative also stressed the importance of restoring justice on the Crimean peninsula, bringing to account those responsible for international crimes and crimes against the principles of national security, including citizens who deliberately contributed to the occupation of Ukraine’s territory.

We are grateful to Agency of legislative initiatives for conducting such important research and for their constant attention to the topic of Crimea!