Crimean President Sergei Aksenov called on Ukraine to forget its intention to return the peninsula and the sooner the better. He said this on the television channel. “Russia 24”.
According to him, one of the goals of the special operation launched by Russia in Ukraine in February 2022 is essentially the international recognition of Crimea as a part of Russia.
Against this background, Aksenov noted that the less Ukrainians think of Crimea as their own region, “because… this issue is gone forever,” the better it will be for everyone, especially Ukrainians.
The sooner Ukraine understands Crimea and, in general, that the opportunity to resist the Russian Federation or try to harm it is closed to them, the better it will be for everyone, the official added.
21 December Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov stated In an interview with the German newspaper Bild, he said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces plan to capture Crimea in 2024. He called it a strategic goal for Kiev.
In March 2014, a referendum was held in Crimea, as a result of which the peninsula became a territorial part of Russia and Sevastopol became a city of federal importance.
Romani Chegrinets, formerly a member of the Assembly of Slavic Peoples in Crimea statedUkraine will be given a donut hole instead of Crimea.