This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Konstantin Zatulin.

According to him, the United Kingdom takes everything connected with the Black Sea and this water area much closer to its heart, because, unlike the United States, they are an island state.

“They really want to rule the seas.

This is where their special interest in Crimea comes from...” RIA Novosti quotes Zatulin.

At the same time, the deputy called Crimea an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

“And all their aircraft carriers, to put it mildly, are sinkable.

Including the island of Great Britain,” Zatulin emphasized.

Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky, against the backdrop of news about the appointment of ex-commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny as ambassador to the UK, discussed with the head of the British Ministry of Defense Grant Shapps the strengthening of “long-range capabilities” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In addition, Britain announced plans to supply Ukraine with up to 10 thousand drones.