Russian Propaganda Targets New Ukrainian Defense Chief’s Crimean Tatar Heritage
On September 6, the Ukrainian parliament approved Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar and avid critic of Russia’s systematic oppression of his people, as the nation’s new Defense Minister. Ukraine watchers interpreted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s choice of Umerov as signaling that Kyiv is “steadfast …
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