“According to the military, before the occupation of the peninsula, Russia wanted to prove to the local population, which would provide it with better conditions than Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
According to the military, before the occupation of the peninsula, Russia wanted to prove to the local population, which would provide it with better conditions than Ukraine.
Also in Crimea there were many pro -Russian political parties that came to protests and influenced the locals / photos of UNIANBefore occupying Crimea, Russia tried to show the local population “grandeur” and “power” of its country. Major General Ilya Pavlenko told this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
“The main idea was to form a convincing idea of the grandeur, power, economic independence of Russia and in general the best conditions for the Crimea in the Russian Federation,” the military said.
He noted that the Russians also had the idea to show that the conditions of service for the Russian military are significantly better than for the Ukrainian ones. Therefore, then Russian soldiers were significantly raised. For example, at that time Ukrainian officers received about 3-4 thousand hryvnias, and the colonels were about 6, then the Russian captain of the 3rd rank had a salary of about 60 thousand hryvnias.
Pavlenko stressed that then the Ukrainian military and special services staff began to receive proposals to move to the side of the Russian Federation. Many of them went for it because of high salaries, but later they were gradually reduced.
Also, according to the general, the Russians influenced the inhabitants of Crimea and through culture. In particular, on the peninsula, they organized various celebrations, especially before the Black Sea Fleet. In addition, they brought to Crimea at that time famous stars, so the locals formed their opinion on how many live in Russia.
The military said that the then mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov was involved in this, who was instructed to build such houses in the Crimea that the Ukrainians had “eyes on the forehead.” The churches began to rebuild.
“And it is clear that in parallel with special services there were penetration into local authorities. Plus they kept a lot of pro -Russian parties, which were literally funded from Moscow.
Crimea’s issue in the Russian-Ukrainian warEarlier, Sky News journalists explained why Crimea is critical for Ukraine and the Russian Federation. According to them, for both sides of Crimea, it is key to controlling the Black Sea activities, which is the most important corridor for the world’s supply of grain and other goods.
Crimea also plays an important role in hostilities, because before the full -scale invasion of Moscow, troops and weapons were thrown there, which allowed Russia to seize a large part of southern Ukraine quickly in the first weeks of its aggression.
At the same time, it was reported that US President Donald Trump thinks that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy seems to be ready to abandon Crimea. According to him, during the meeting in the Vatican, the parties managed to discuss the issue of the occupied peninsula.
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