Senator Dzhabarov condemned Ukraine's plans for a serious military operation in Crimea. Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Kyiv was preparing a serious operation on the territory of Crimea.

“Either this is a fake, or this is stupidity, orThis is some kind of confidence that this will definitely be implemented,” Dzabarov noted in an interview with Lenta.ru. He called the implementation of such plans unlikely, adding that Russia will nevertheless take note of Budanov’s words.