“Russia is a belligerent on the issue of Crimea. For some reason, we never raised this issue at the UN General Assembly level on recognizing Russia as an aggressor, where Russian troops are obvious, where Russian flags are, and the territory is officially included in Russia, ”Voloshin said in response to a statement by the journalist about Russia's role in the conflict Donbass.
At the same time, he emphasized that neither the General Staff of Ukraine, nor the Ukrainian military have “fair grounds” to claim the war in the Donbass “with the Russian army”, and not with their citizens.
Earlier Zelensky declared confidence in the "return" of Crimea to Ukraine.
Russian senator from the Crimean region Sergey Tsekov called such statements constantly recurring incantations and idle talk, not based on a real assessment of the situation.
Crimea became the Russian region after a referendum held in March 2014, in which most residents spoke out for reunification with Russia.