Graham Philipps: In Crimea I met a lot of reasonable tourists from Ukraine
There are many adequate Ukrainian tourists vacationing in Crimea who are happy with what is happening on the peninsula. British journalist Graham Phillips, who became famous for filming the fighting in the Donbass, stated this in an interview with First Crimean.
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According to him, Crimea was the beginning of his professional career, so he considers the peninsula a place of inspiration.
“I was generally surprised how many people from Ukraine are here, who are adequate, mostly very positive-minded people, they are happy. I filmed a very interesting story, even a woman from Kyiv was here, she has a very positive attitude towards Crimea.
I have a lot of footage here, and I feel a lot of inspiration here. For me it all started in Crimea. I moved here from Odessa, and my first story for broadcast was from Simferopol. This was in March during the referendum. I consider Crimea to be the place where I started my career. Initially, no one knew me here, but they were still very friendly to me. I will always remember this and always consider Crimea to be the beginning of my career,” Phillips said.
The journalist also added that Crimeans are always interested in the state of affairs in Donbass and wish for a speedy end to the war in the mining region: “When Crimeans communicate with me, they always convey to Donbass their wishes that there be peace there and that the problem be solved, because Crimea is in a different place now.” situation, perestroika began here under Russia.”
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