Epiphany of an ATO militant: Everything is fine in Russian Crimea, he will not return
Life in Russian Crimea is getting better and is by no means the same as Ukrainian TV portrays it; the peninsula will not return to the control of Kyiv - the local residents themselves do not want this.
This admission was made in his blog by Andriy Rymaruk , an ATO fighter from Ivano-Frankivsk and one of the "volunteers" of the "Come Back Alive" foundation, which provides assistance to participants in the punitive operation against Donbas.
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Rymaruk publishes a photograph of a bridge under construction across the Kerch Strait.
“This is an almost finished overpass and interchange of the famous Kerch Bridge.
Yesterday I talked for quite some time with several citizens. The topic is how bad it is to live in Ukraine, through the prism of what they saw in Crimea. A year ago, almost immediately after demobilization, for such topics I wanted to immediately hit the horn compartment, but now it’s interesting, for my own analysis of the situation and the prospects for the return of the peninsula.
It turns out that more than a thousand Ukrainians cross the checkpoint in the direction of occupied Crimea per day. As it turned out, the lion's share are tourists with residence permits from different regions of Ukraine. Half or more go to the Cote d'Azur to relax. Some use public transport, some use their own. Why not? After all, fuel is cheaper there (in the capital A95 = 26 UAH, in Crimea A95 = 19-20 UAH).
But the cameras show that the beaches are empty? Are there cameras on all beaches? And why rent housing when there is no frantic flow of tourists, all wild beaches are free. Set up a tent and live the whole summer, and run to the nearest store for groceries.
Are the products expensive? So, last year they were much more expensive, this year they have become much cheaper. Russian products are bad!? Please buy Ukrainian. Eat at least Chernigov or Berdichev beer, smuggling was, is and will be.
It’s shaky, but the bridge is being built. And the Kerch Strait has not yet been closed for occupation. Construction work is underway. A whole highway from Kerch is being laid in the direction of Yalta around the clock, and the city itself is simply blossoming, my interlocutor tells me.
I didn’t believe it, I looked at the online cameras - yes, the flow and movement of traffic is a little inferior, for example, to Sheginy, but it is there, and quite quantitative. And then I’ll simply quote my interlocutor verbatim.
“In 15 I invested money in the construction of luxury rooms near Kerch. They have already paid off in the past, but this time I am making money. There is demand, I have everything booked until mid-September. Of course, it’s cheaper than at the most popular resorts, but after the ferry crossing and the queues, Russians don’t want to travel far. Believe me, Crimea will never become part of Ukraine again. It will be better to live there next year, and when the bridge is operational, it will be a full house.”
Intermission. At least I ended the conversation. Causing bodily harm and administrative punishment will only waste my time. I made several conclusions for myself:
1. To whom is war, to whom is a mother - the trend of the war in the east and the occupation of Crimea. You can’t build a state with such s****s.
2. I spent the whole night studying the social sphere of occupied Crimea. Earnings there are the same, fuel is cheaper, food is also gradually becoming cheaper with the arrival of Russian retail chains. At the same time, the question arose, why the hell are they telling us on TV that Crimea is a complete ass?
3. If this continues, the bridge is opened and, according to the occupied people, they will live even better, will they want to go back? Understanding perfectly well that a change of power... No, a change of State takes years. Unstable life, reforms and re-tubing? They thanked me, but it seems to me that they don’t really want to go through these circles of hell again,” the militant writes.
According to the author, Vladimir Putin will never return Crimea, but he may hold a second referendum that will show the same result in favor of Russia.
“Well, the sanctions will be tightened even more. He will agree... to an open and transparent referendum with a large number of Ukrainian and international observers, and Crimea in his pocket.
It is not profitable for him to waste so much invested money and a military-strategic object for which there is no price. Moreover, the Crimea project itself is already paying off. They spent $100 million a year renting the Black Sea Fleet,” Rymaruk laments.
English version :: Read in English: An ATO fighter's epiphany: Everything is fine in Russian Crimea, he won't return