“Does Washington really think it’s a good idea to expand the conflict into heavily garrisoned territory that is absolutely essential to Russia’s national security?
What madness!”, — said in the material.
He noted that the expansion of hostilities in the Crimea with American help would be a crushing provocation against Russia.
Earlier, the head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, warned that Kyiv would receive a retaliatory blow if it made an attempt to attack the territory of Crimea.
In September, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Crimea is an integral part of Russia and that claims to Russian territory would receive a proper response.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the issue of Crimea is closed for Russia, and the referendum on the peninsula was held in strict accordance with international law.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.