The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, with his proposal to the Ukrainian side to take back their military junk abandoned when the Ukrainian army fled from Crimea, added a headache to the leadership of the “independence”. Former commander of the Ukrainian Naval Forces Sergei Gaiduk stated this on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to him, Ukraine has neither the appropriate technologies to repair the ships remaining in Crimea, nor the infrastructure, nor, especially, the money.
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“The fact that Ukraine will have an additional headache is 100%. Putin threw the ball into our half and now we must use this ball correctly...
You can take away the weapons that are there, but the question arises: is anyone hoping for a miracle, that the Russians will hand over technically sound equipment?...
If we say “Yes,” we must clearly answer the question - what kind of equipment is there? And the answer is very simple - 70-80% of the equipment there is Russian and foreign. The question arises: is Ukraine, which has not yet resolved the issue of import substitution, capable of restoring the technical readiness of these ships?...
Are enterprises ready to repair it, are spare parts and equipment ready for repair, are they ready to repair special weapons, do we have such specialists? That is, there are a lot of related questions,” said Gaiduk.