Moscow will deal "mercilessly" with the killers of Daria Dugina

Kyiv vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Crimea

Zelensky: Reclaiming Crimea would be the "biggest anti-war move."

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged yesterday to restore Ukrainian rule in Crimea, annexed by Russia, in a move he said would help restore "global law and order," while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov vowed that Moscow would deal "mercilessly" with the killers. Daria Dugina, daughter of the Kremlin-supporting intellectual, Alexander Dugin.

Zelensky told an international conference on Crimea that regaining control of the peninsula, which Russia seized and annexed in 2014, in a move not recognized by most other countries, would be the "biggest anti-war move".

"It all started with Crimea, and it will end with Crimea," Zelensky said in an opening speech at the "Crimea Platform" conference, which seeks to restore Ukraine's territorial integrity and end Russia's annexation of the peninsula.

"This is true and I believe in it 100%, in order to overcome terrorism and restore security and reassurance to our region, to Europe and to the whole world, it is necessary to win the fight" against Russia, he added.

"It is necessary to liberate Crimea," he said.

This would be a revival of international law and order.”

"Despite the (Russian) threats, Ukraine is strong enough to see the prospects of Ukraine's Crimea," Zelensky said.

Restoring control of Crimea will be a historic anti-war move in Europe that will restore security and justice.”

On the other hand, Sergey Lavrov stressed yesterday that his country will deal "without mercy" with those responsible for the car bombing that killed the daughter of the hard-line nationalist thinker, pro-Kremlin Alexander Dugin.

"We hope that the investigation will be completed soon," Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.

Based on the results of this investigation, there can be no mercy towards those who organized, ordered and carried out the bombing.

Daria Dugina was killed Saturday when a bomb planted in her car, which she was driving on a highway in the outskirts of Moscow, exploded.

It is likely that Alexander Dugin, a major supporter of the Russian military operation in Ukraine and who says he has a close relationship with President Vladimir Putin, was the target of the explosion that killed his 29-year-old daughter.

Moscow said that Ukrainian intelligence orchestrated the assassination.

But Kyiv denies the accusations.

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