{"id":29485,"date":"2018-06-24T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/press-center\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T20:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:16:02","slug":"response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter","status":"publish","type":"press-center","link":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/en\/press-center\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Response of President of Ukraine to the Crimean patriot\u2019s letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 22, 2018 the political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh wrote an open letter to President of Ukraine where he expressed his confidence that Ukraine<\/span> would defend its right to live and run things in dignity in the god blessed lands of Crimea and Donbas sooner than Kremlin cabal hoped and the facts of detention of another state\u2019s citizens by them would have an important role to play in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

As response President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko noted: \u201cNobody will beat the people who sing the Ukrainian anthem, even in the Kremlin’s prisons, despite prohibitions and under the threat of brutal punishment\u201d. He thanked the unconquered Volodymyr Balukh for his letter, and even more so \u2013 for his courage, and pointed that we would continue the work on the release all of political prisoners of the Kremlin, we would continue to struggle for the liberation of all Ukrainian hostages held in the Russian Federation, as well as in the temporarily occupied Donbas and Crimea. We will not stop this fight. President of Ukraine stressed that he would do everything to bring closer the moment when he would be able to shake Ukrainian patriot\u2019s hand, detained by the aggressor on the free Ukrainian land.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a full text of the letter written by Volodymyr Balukh to President of Ukraine:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Mr. President of Ukraine!<\/span><\/p>\n

I am honored to be one of those whose release from the Moscow captivity is being struggled for by all Ukraine. The terror practice used by the authorities of 1\/7 part of planet earth\u2019s area, as it turns out, much more alive than all political \u201ctraditions\u201d despite of the flag color over Kremlin.<\/span><\/p>\n

But most of all I would like best of all to prevent Ukraine from falling back to the \u201cmirror\u201d reply to the aggressor\u2019s actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no evil for good!<\/span><\/p>\n

To my mind, once again Ukraine developing its statehood should to follow the best examples of Ukrainian Cossacks, traditional humanity and traditional peasant\u2019s perseverance. <\/span><\/p>\n

To be honest \u2013 I did not vote for You in May 2014, it happened, that you and I realized our right to vote at the same site in Kyiv. But I respectfully submit that relentless struggle for the fate of the citizens of Ukraine caught by the mindless hated \u201cbrother\u201d is a great tribute to You!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once one Russian poet said \u201c we should not predict what the outcome is\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I am conscious that Ukraine will defend its right to live and run thins in the God\u2019s earths of Crimea and Donbas sooner than the Kremlin clique hopes and taken another state\u2019s citizens as hostage\u2019s is not helping.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is significant that in June,12 \u2013 the day determined by the Kremlin as a day of \u201cRusia\u201d when in Simferopol while the Chinese fireworks sounded through the prison\u2019s windows it was heard friendly slogans \u201cGlory Ukraine\u201d and some prisoners sang Ukrainian anthem. It\u2019s a whole truth told by the eyewitness of the events I happened to be and heard no cheering to commemorate the state. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the half part of the last century the mankind was taught by the lesson when hesitation of one countries, disengagement of others and criminal greed of the third led to a great shock not only in the Old World but far beyond its measures. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ukraine was drawn once more into hostile management. I sincerely hope that bitter experience of the history will unite all civilized world and provide the activity of the authority of the country with dedication and solidarity to prevent the recurrence of the bloodbath and to stop the uncontrolled aggressor despite the financial losses and some business inconveniences. <\/span><\/p>\n

Being here it is difficult for me to assess objectively the completeness and efficiency of the actions by the state to counteract the Kremlin propaganda, its attitude to the citizens and the governments of other countries of the world, but Ukraine is not staying away and fills with optimism and faith the destroyed persons\u2019 fates and abandoned families of the political detainees, but it was not in vain. Truth is with us! Fate is with us! And Saint Will! Glory to Ukraine! <\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely, Balukh V.I.<\/span><\/p>\n

22.06.2018<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication-type":[43],"class_list":["post-29485","press-center","type-press-center","status-publish","hentry","publication-type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nResponse of President of Ukraine to the Crimean patriot\u2019s letter - Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/en\/press-center\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Response of President of Ukraine to the Crimean patriot\u2019s letter - Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On June 22, 2018 the political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh wrote an open letter to President of Ukraine where he expressed his confidence that Ukraine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/en\/press-center\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ppu.gov.ua\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ppu.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"830\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ppu_gov_ua\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\\\/\",\"name\":\"Response of President of Ukraine to the Crimean patriot\u2019s letter - Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-24T20:16:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/response-of-president-of-ukraine-to-the-crimean-patriot-s-letter\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Press service\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/press-center\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Response of President of Ukraine to the Crimean patriot\u2019s letter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ppu.gov.ua\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0442\u0432\u043e \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u0410\u0420 \u041a\u0440\u0438\u043c\",\"description\":\"The website of the Representation of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea \u2014 a state body whose purpose is to facilitate the implementation of the powers entrusted to the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. 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