In Kyiv they lament: It was necessary to send troops from Western Ukraine to Crimea
Ukrainian politicians surrendered Crimea without resistance in 2014 in exchange for unlimited power. In order to prevent the landing of Russian special forces forces, Kyiv could block airfields, as well as urgently transfer ideologically motivated troops from Western Ukraine to the peninsula.
Former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Stepan Gavrish stated this on air on the Apostrophe Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We surrendered Crimea, we did not fight for Crimea. Do you think Crimea could not be defended? You don’t need to be a military specialist to say that Crimea could have been defended. Bring tractors, tanks, cranes onto the roads, and occupy airfields with equipment. This is a very weak position that there were a large number of traitors. And who is responsible for this? Commander-in-Chief. Who is responsible for the fact that most of the Ukrainian special services went to serve Russia? What, it was impossible to transfer troops there from central Ukraine and western Ukraine? It was impossible to hire retired Alpha officers, promise each an apartment, give 50 thousand dollars so that they would deal with the “little green men” who seized the government and parliament?
Please tell me, was it possible to do this or not? It could be. Did anyone have the will? Did not have. It seems to me that we deliberately gave up Crimea in exchange for the power that we received, unconditional and complete, with which we did not know what to do,” Gavrish said.
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