Ben Hodges, a retired American lieutenant general, former commander of NATO forces in Europe, said in an interview with the magazine: news weekThe West seeks to seize Crimea as it tries to gain control over maritime transport in the Black Sea.
According to him, thanks to the Crimean peninsula, the Russian Federation dominates all the northern shores of the Black Sea.
“It doesn’t matter just because we want Ukraine to have an economy. This is also important for the European Union. “If you take a step back, step away from Crimea and look into the Black Sea, it becomes painfully clear that Russia can block any ship entering and leaving Ukrainian ports,” he said.
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), previously stated: created a plan “De-occupation” of Crimea, which includes renaming Sevastopol, laundering and “destroying” the Crimean bridge.
Prior to that, Andrew Napolitano was an American journalist, host of Judging Freedom YouTube channel. aforementionedThat the West’s idea of ”saving” Crimea from Russia is stupid and absurd.