Representative of the Crimean Ethnic Mission in his meeting with Crimean Tatar public figure Zaur Smirnov RIA News He described Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov’s statement about “developments” that will “force” Russia to leave Crimea as utopia.
According to Smirnov, today the whole world thinks that Russia’s Crimea issue is closed.
“Only the utopian authorities of Kiev do not want to come to terms with this. “All their plans and developments are a complete utopia,” he said.
Smirnov also advised Ukrainian politicians and officials to pay attention to their future fate.
9 December Umerov statedHe said the Ukrainian government has made some “developments” regarding taking control of Crimea in 2024.
On December 2, retired colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Oleg Starikov gave an interview to the YouTube channel “YES THIS SO”. said About the consequences of the hypothetical capture of Crimea. As he said, with this development of events, Kiev runs the risk of encountering strong resistance from the local population, consisting of one million partisans.
Previously in Crimea appreciated the republic’s readiness to repel attacks by Ukrainian troops.