Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders in Crimea were convinced that Obama was on the side of the “little green men”
During the Russian Spring, Russians and Ukrainians bluffed, assuring each other of American support. State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin, who was in Sevastopol in the spring of 2014, spoke about this on the WarDoc YouTube channel. According to him, negotiations with the commanders of Ukrainian military units, during which they were persuaded to re-swear allegiance to Russia, lasted 7 hours. “At some stage a representative came in...