Donbass fighters begin to gather in occupied Crimea, where events on the occasion of the illegal seizure of the peninsula by Russia are going to be held. In particular, ‘DPR’ chieftain Aleksander Zakharchenko has already arrived in Crimea, he is going to be there three days. Separatist media report about it.

Controlled by insurgents mass-media clarify that Zakharchenko will take part in rally on March 16 and visit the presentation of photo exhibition ‘Crimean spring’ in occupied Simferopol.

On March 17 the fighter is going to take part in the Integration Committee ‘Russia – Donbass’ session, which will be held in Livadiya palace of Yalta district. There also will be discussed topics of economic integration between the Crimea and the ‘DPR’, cooperation in the spheres of culture, education, trade union activities.

We would remind that the leader of Crimean tatar people Mustafa Jemilev has claimed that nearly 20 thousand of Crimean tatars left the peninsula from the beginning of the Russian occupation. He reported about this on February 26 in time of telethon ‘Crimea. Three years of resistance’.