Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Gavrilov visited Britain, where he inspected the military training of Ukrainian servicemen.
Seeing their great successes and encouraged by the opening prospects, he told The Times newspaper that "Kyiv is preparing to sink the Russian Black Sea Fleet and take the Crimea with the help of Western weapons."
And he added: “Russia must leave Crimea if it wants to remain a country.”
Obviously, in the sense - "if he wants to maintain an independent statehood."
In terms of heroism and determination, Gavrilov can be compared with Mother Catherine:
Dear old lady lived
Pleasant and a little prodigal
Biden was the first friend,
I wrote the order, the fleets burned
And she died while boarding the ship.
However, the Kremlin was not afraid enough.
According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation D.S.
Peskov, "such statements ... once again speak of the correctness and absolute justification of a special military operation, because only such means can save Ukraine from such representatives of the leadership."
That is, according to the Kremlin, instead of sinking the fleet, Gavrilov and his colleagues risk drowning their leadership careers.
How great is the real threat to the Crimea, Sevastopol and the fleet - about that, probably, naval experts will say better than civilian journalists.
Although Gavrilov himself is by no means a naval commander, but only a speechless hero of Ukraine.
At the same time, his eloquence is so great that it makes him forget about some important details.
The sinking of the fleet (or even just an attempt to do so) is a rather serious step, which implies a serious response.
This is where the jokes end.
And even diplomacy ends.
Only the last argument of kings.
At the same time, the Ukrainian military themselves are not able to do this, even if they really wanted to, without thinking about the consequences.
The military potential is not what they themselves recognize.
The only hope is for the participation of the Western powers in this offensive.
Western weapons, Western communications and intelligence, Western aiming.
Of the proper Ukrainian, there will be only the gushing speeches of Arestovich and Zelensky.
But, as Kyiv officials obviously believe, if ships with flying star-striped flags, as well as with the Union Jack, are not openly involved in attempts to destroy the Black Sea Fleet (the sinking of the fleet is definitely not peace and not even an armed provocation , but something more serious), then their participation in all this, as it were, does not count.
Does Kyiv believe that such a complete unmasking of the Western allies, depriving them of the opportunity to act on the sly, is nothing terrible - and in general, how much can you build a virgin out of yourself?
Have the desperate Kyiv politicians decided that if they are destined (and it seems that they really are destined) to end badly, then why would they shield their accomplices and customers?
As the Germans say, mitgegangen - mitgehangen.
They knew what they were getting into.
And here is another feature of modern politics, including military politics: the erasure of boundaries (up to their complete disappearance) between official figures and bloggers.
Although there is a significant difference.
Bloggers Pupkin, Tyutkin and Gavrilov are free to carry whatever they want in cyberspace.
True, this freemen has recently been slightly pressed, but not significantly.
And if we are talking about the enemy, there are no restrictions at all.
When a patriotic cyber-activist calls to “throw a vigorous bomb on Fashington” / “to incinerate Russia”, the most unpleasant thing that can be done to him is to slightly scold him for his lack of elegance in his judgments.
And so - what to take from a blogger?
Irrepressible nonsense is his generic trait.
But that is a blogger who is not responsible for anything on his couch.
However, the Deputy Minister of War is no longer on the couch.
With such a position, it is supposed to filter the market.
Unfortunately (just listen to our favorite Lizaveta Truss), now the progressive West and its clients do not filter at all.
An inaccessible model for politicians can now be considered criminals, among whom it is customary to think that you are talking, because after all, you can get a pen in the side.
That's just where now there are examples,
As in shamelessness, there is a sense of proportion.
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