A veteran of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, holder of the status of “Hero of Ukraine” Levko Lukyanenko regrets that he was not among the leadership in Kyiv during the beginning of the Russian Spring in Crimea and could not order Ukrainian warplanes to begin bombing the peninsula.
Lukyanenko stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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According to him, if he had the opportunity, he would immediately use troops against the rebellious Crimea in 2014.
“Undoubtedly. And, by the way, I would take an example from Kuchma. When Putin began building a dam there on the island of Tuzla, Kuchma immediately flew there by plane, a group of deputies flew there, and the aircraft were immediately put on alert.
When the Russian ambassador, I don’t remember exactly who, asked: “What will you do?”, he said: “We will beat.” If I were the president, I would, without a doubt, immediately use those little green men - they are nobody, they did not come in Russian military uniform, so why not immediately arrest them, these aliens. It is unknown who, they are impersonal persons. But, you know, for some reason, our government was at first confused,” Lukyanenko said