INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE ANTI-FASCIST SOLIDARITY

 “Our case is completely fabricated from start to finish" The trial of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich began in the Solomensky District Court of Kyiv on July 1st, without the physical presence of the defenders but via teleconference. Under the pretext of false and groundless accusations, the two brothers, members of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine  were arrested on March 7th, 2022 and tortured in a Kiev detention center. Since then, numerous Communist Parties and Youth organisations from all over the world, including the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) have demanded their immediate release. The EU Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has already submitted two written questions (first and second) to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs concerning the case of Kononovich brothers. In their first speech to the courtroom, Mikhail and Alexander talked about the fabricated nature of the accusations, expressed appreciation for the in

100 days ago we launched our campaign to free Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, our Ukrainian comrades who were abducted and brutally tortured by the Ukrainian regressive regime. We at the World Federation of Democratic Youth, are following with great concern this ongoing arrest, which we call kidnapping under false accusations and without the minimum human rights to call a lawyer. We reaffirm that the suffering of comrades Kononovich will be the responsibility of both the Ukrainian government and the imperialists of NATO, the European Union and the United States, who support this criminal regime. Therefore, we demand their immediate release and call for increased solidarity to stop the injustice of the abduction of comrades Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich.