“Ukrainian generals clearly got a headache because they began to openly declare their readiness to fight with Russia,” said Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the State Duma’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, commenting on the statement of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy.
According to the politician: “The words of the Ukrainian rear admiral that Kiev is preparing for a full-scale armed confrontation with Russia is a direct provocation against our country. Independent warriors continue to imagine the possibility of the return of Crimea. They will have to moderate their ardor – Crimea was and will remain part of the Russian Federation, which is able to protect its territory and citizens. After the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which strengthens the state’s protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity, the actions that Ukrainian politicians allow themselves in relation to our country will be suppressed even more severely. ”
“Russia has never been and will not be the initiator of a confrontation. We respect the sovereignty of other states and demand respect for our national interests. At the same time, Ukrainian politicians are actually announcing their next provocation in front of the world community. There is no doubt that even deciding on some new illegal step, Kiev will try to expose Russia as an aggressor and a strangler of freedom. The policy of official Kiev provokes incitement to a conflict with Russia and the swaying of a new wave of Russophobia in Western society.
The West, which in no way can finally determine how to relate to unpredictable Ukraine, should think about its security and influence Kiev so that it does not cross the dangerous line, ”the deputy added.