Statement on Crimes Against the Right of the Ukrainian Nation to Self-Determination and National Statehood

This video is one example showing that people are not silent. They may not be lawyers or public speakers, but they feel that something fundamental has been taken from them — even if they cannot yet fully articulate what it is.

Despite confusion in terminology or imperfect phrasing, what matters is that they are attempting to assert themselves. They are trying to claim their right to self-determination — not only as individual citizens, but as a collective, as a historical and ethnocultural nation.

These voices are often dismissed, blocked, or suppressed at the lowest levels — in police stations, in first-instance courts — long before they can reach any serious legal consideration or international review.

Yet even such imperfect statements carry meaning. In a climate of fear, repression, and legal erasure, they contain more truth, dignity, and legal substance than the silence of those who should have defended the people but chose fear, convenience, or personal gain instead.

This is not a call for criticism — it is a call for support, refinement, and clarification. Because tomorrow, when the last remnants of statehood disappear, it may be too late. Today, such moments may represent the last cry of a nation fighting for its right to exist.

The video is entirely in Ukrainian. It is included here not to confuse or ridicule, but to serve as a reference — as evidence that such events take place.

Unfortunately, despite their emotional and political significance, these actions are often treated as minor and inconsequential. They are superficially acknowledged or reduced to regional disputes and never given due legal or public attention.

This systemic silence is part of the problem. That is why even imperfect documentation like this matters. It shows that people are making an effort — and that these efforts are ignored not because they are invalid, but because they are politically inconvenient.