"Russia began the mobilization of Tatars in the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which it occupied in 2014," wrote in "Ukrainskaya Pravda".

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"According to data from the General Staff in Kyiv, the occupiers began to recruit men from the Turkic-speaking minority and sent them to the front line against the Ukrainian troops. On Tuesday (September 27) alone, 21 men were mobilized in the area of ​​the city of Saki. They were sent to the most hot spots of hostilities," the media added, citing information from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Tatars are the third most numerous ethnic group in Crimea after Russians and Ukrainians.

According to data from 2001, Russians are about 1.5 million people (67%), Ukrainians - almost 575,000 (24 percent), and Tatars - approximately 39,000 (10.6 percent).

The Turks were among the fiercest opponents of the referendum, not recognized by the world community, after which Moscow annexed the peninsula.

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