Co-chairman of the Assembly of Slavic Peoples of Crimea, Roman Chegrinets, said NATO is helping Ukraine with intelligence, weapons and ammunition. In addition, he noted that NATO is demonstrating its open hostility towards Russia.

Earlier, Senator from Crimea, member of the international committee of the Federation Council, Sergei Tsekov, said that the main goal and task of NATO is not defense, but the weakening and dismemberment of Russia. Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean government Georgy Muradov, called the appearance of NATO military aircraft over the Black Sea an outright aggression.