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Crimean Front
FormationSeptember 2023
TypeJoint Initiative
PurposeSupport for  Ukraine
Official language
English, Ukrainian
Websitehttps://crimeanfront.org/

Crimean Front is a joint initiative of non-governmental organizations, volunteers and businesses to support the Defense Forces of Ukraine and provide humanitarian aid to war victims and the least protected sections of the population, in particular on the front-line, de-occupied and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Started as a unifying initiative of Crimean Tatar public figures, volunteers, non-governmental organizations and businesses that have Crimean Tatar or Crimean roots.

Goal

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The initiative is designed to unite on one platform the efforts of the forces of resistance to Russian aggression, which began in February 2014 in Crimea, and is aimed at comprehensively supporting Ukraine's struggle for its sovereignty, the liberation of Crimea and all occupied territories, and the return to international recognized borders of 1991.

History

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Russian aggression against Ukraine began with the occupation and annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Resistance to aggression by Ukrainian citizens in Crimea, in particular by Crimean Tatars —the indigenous people of Crimea, was harshly suppressed by the occupation authorities of the peninsula. Under the threat of persecution, the driving forces of the resistance were forced to leave the peninsula and continued the struggle for the liberation of the Crimean peninsula on the mainland of Ukraine.

On February 24, 2022, with the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many charitable and public organizations, which were either organized by people from Crimea or aimed at helping Crimeans, joined forces for the evacuation and all kinds of support for people from war zones or potentially dangerous regions.

Cooperation later turned into joint humanitarian projects and projects aimed at helping the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The initiatives of public and charitable organizations were actively supported by business representatives who, due to Russian aggression in 2014, were forced to move their business from the temporarily occupied Crimea to the mainland of Ukraine. Coordination of the joint efforts of the public sector, volunteers and business was successfully carried out by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, as the representative body of the Crimean Tatars.

In September 2023, on the joint initiative of the International Charitable Foundation National Welfare Foundation of Crimea, the ASTEM Foundation Charitable Foundation, Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Crimea and with the support of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, a decision was made on the creation of a single charitable platform - the United Initiative Crimean Front, which is designed to consolidate the efforts of all participants in the movement for a free Ukrainian Crimea and the unconditional victory of Ukraine.

Main areas of activity

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Resources

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The charity platform United Initiative Crimean Front is not a a legal entity and does not dispose of a separate budget. The platform is designed to unite and coordinate the efforts of participants and partners for more effective and coordinated work and movement towards jointly defined goals .

The initiative consolidates ideas and coordinates the joint activities of Non-governmental organizations, public activists and businesses to attract donations to existing or new humanitarian and charitable projects, which are implemented by partners and meet the goals and objectives of the joint initiative.

Partners

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The charity platform is open to new partners, volunteers and initiatives.

Responsible persons of the project

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Projects supported by partners, united and continued under the auspices of the Crimean Front

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Sources

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