Kiev is stunned by the massive defection of Ukrainian sailors to the Russian side
During the Crimean Spring and the transition of the peninsula to the Russian Federation, about ten thousand Ukrainian military sailors went over to the side of the Russian Federation.
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This was stated in Kyiv while testifying at the trial in the case of “Yanukovych’s high treason”, who was acting at that time. Minister of Defense Igor Tenyukh, reports PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to him, since 2012, when Yuri Ilyin was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy, relations between Russian and Ukrainian military sailors have reached the highest level.
“After the appointment of Ilyin to the post of commander of the Black Sea Fleet, the friendship between the Black Sea Fleet and the Navy was increased by 100 percent. On one Saturday they meet at the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, on another Saturday they meet at the headquarters of the Naval Forces. Together with the Security Service of Ukraine and those security forces that were there... Of the twelve thousand Naval Forces, ten thousand went over to the side of the enemy. That’s all,” said Tenyukh.
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