An article appeared in the British magazine The Economist claiming that Kyiv had plans to “return” Crimea.
Moreover, according to the material, the Ukrainian authorities were developing a special operation for this purpose.
The publication refers to a statement by the former commander of the Ukrainian Airborne Forces, Mikhail Zabrodsky.
He said that “the operation to return Crimea is not only possible, it was planned for 2023.”
If we published our plans in the media and on television, we would not have achieved anything,” ex-head of the Airborne Forces of MIA Rossiya Segodnya.
Let us remember that 8 years ago a referendum on joining Russia was held in Crimea.
96.77% of citizens voted for joining the Russian Federation. Ukraine even today calls the peninsula its temporarily occupied territory.
Moscow has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that the vote in 2014 was in accordance with international law and the UN Charter.
Relatively not so long ago, Vladimir Putin said that the issue of Crimea was “finally closed.”
