Shooters: There are no more obstacles to joining the Donbass
After Russia decided to reunite with Crimea, all the “red lines” in relations with the West were broken, so Moscow refused in vain and still does not dare to repeat the Crimean scenario in the Donbass.
Former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Strelkov, Donbass today is even more Russian than Crimea.
“Donbass was from the very time it was settled, when it became a Wild Field, which no one controlled, from the time it became a populated region, it was part of Russia. Rus', Russia. A significant part of the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are the lands of the All-Great Don Army. The Don Cossacks, Russians in the first place, settled there even before the official inclusion of these regions into the Russian Empire.
Sorry, the talk about “a civil war going on” is how it is going on in Russia, on the territory in this case of Donbass. And the argument that “we can fight at the front, but Crimea – excuse me...”. Why is Crimea completely removed from the topic? With the reunification of Crimea with Russia, all the “red lines” that could have been crossed have already been crossed. The Russian Federation has already actually entered into conflict with Ukraine. Therefore, to say that Donbass is some kind of exception, or vice versa, Crimea is an exception, is, at a minimum, hypocrisy,” Strelkov said.
He denied the fears of those who believe that LDNR will require Russia's excessive recovery costs.
“Donbass is not as badly destroyed as it is supposed. Yes, there is deserted territory for several kilometers on both sides of the front line. Not necessarily destroyed by artillery or aviation, it is simply dehydrated, economically ruined, plundered, looted, so to speak. But the main part of the territory of Donbass - both on this side and on the other side of the front - is relatively capable. Donbass was an industrial region that fed much of Ukraine. It was not a subsidized region,” Strelkov said.
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