“Ridiculous and useless” - Russian Foreign Ministry about Zelensky’s initiative on Crimea
The signing of a decree by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to commemorate February 26 “the day of resistance to the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol” is a ridiculous and useless pantomime.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“As you know, at the end of February, President of Ukraine Zelensky signed a decree, according to which February 26 in Ukraine was declared “the day of resistance to the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.” Well, these actions can only be called in one word - pantomime. Because it’s funny and useless,” Zakharova said.
However, despite the qualification given to this decree, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that she agreed with the chosen date, which she called non-random.
“Do you know why? I think Zelensky himself doesn’t know. So, on February 25, 2014, one of the leaders of the Right Sector, Mosiychuk, voiced his thoughts on retaining Crimea. That is, the thought was still beating back then. So, a direct quote: “Attempts to break the territorial integrity of Ukraine will be severely punished. If the authorities are unable to do this, then the Right Sector will form a “friendship train.” We, like the UNSO in the 90s, will go to Crimea. Then a public like this ran away like rats when the column of UNSO representatives entered Sevastopol,” end of quote,” the Foreign Ministry representative read out.
“Six years have passed, and a new holiday has appeared in Ukraine: “the day of resistance to the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.” Knowing how the “liberation of Crimea from occupation” was seen in Ukraine, is it any wonder that the Crimeans made their conscious choice at the referendum on March 16 in favor of reunification with Russia?” – Zakharova asked rhetorically.
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