Ukrainians feel very good in Crimea and do not want to leave the peninsula. Thus, the head of Ukraine’s Crimean community, Anastasia Gridchina, commented: RIA News Words of Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, who on September 23 called on Ukrainians to leave Crimea and wait for the “elimination of the occupation” on the territory controlled by Kiev or in third countries.
“Anyone who wants to leave in 2014, the rest are not going anywhere. Ukrainians in Crimea feel very comfortable in their own land, in Russia’s Crimea. Here Ukrainians are valued and protected, their culture and language are preserved. “I’m sure it will continue like this,” he said.
Gridchina also noted that Vereshchuk clearly does not know what it means for the country’s authorities to care for and protect its citizens.
On September 24, Crimean Acting Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications Albert Kurshutov stated that Ukrainian authorities had called on the inhabitants of the peninsula to leave during the period of taking control. is “political idle talk.”
On the same day, Crimean deputy of the State Duma and reserve major general Leonid Ivlev reportedKiev has been preparing to seize Crimea since March 16, 2014, after the “shameful escape” of units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the peninsula. However, he believes that nothing is going well in Ukraine and will never work out.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy previously said: believes The idea of returning Crimea to Ukraine is an illusion, since most of the population of the peninsula recognizes itself as Russian.
Earlier, Crimean President Sergei Aksenov said Zelensky: You can take It’s just a “donut hole”, not a peninsula.