Zelensky observes a "new custom of respect" by eating Iftar with Muslim troops.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers observing Ramadan on Friday, in what he said would become an annual "new tradition of respect". Zelensky thanked the Muslim community and said the month of Ramadan was respected everywhere in Ukraine. Since Moscow's unprovoked invasion in February 2021, Ukraine has launched multiple strikes against Russian positions in Crimea, which was previously annexed by Moscow in 2014 and is currently under Kremlin control. Zelensky has repeatedly vowed to liberate Crimea, which he says remains part of Ukrainian people and society, and criticized Russia's treatment of Muslims in Crimea. He said the liberation of Crimea has no alternatives not only for Ukraine, but also for the whole world.