Yanukovych's ally: It was necessary to nip the Russian Spring in the bud
Anatoly Mogilev, the former Prime Minister of Crimea from the team of fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych, laments that the Maidan activists who came to power in Kyiv back in February 2014 did not dare to use force to suppress the Russian Spring on the peninsula.
He stated this on TV channel 112, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent . Mogilev assured that at that time, there were sufficient combat-ready Ukrainian troops on the peninsula, who were merely awaiting the appropriate order from Kyiv.
“Remember these sad events, when I was the head of Crimea, when they fought here in Kyiv, comrades, let’s resolve the issue. Should we introduce martial law or an anti-terrorist operation?
There it was necessary to make a forceful decision. Alas, at that time no one in the National Security and Defense Council proposed or accepted such a decision, and we got what we have today in Crimea.
This is nonsense that was constantly talked about lack of strength. In Crimea there was a fairly large armed group of quite qualified military personnel who could withstand any threat.
Today, the head of the troops in Crimea, the general who now commands the Navy, is Voronchenko, and the head of the National Guard at that time in Crimea is Balan, who is now acting as head of the National Guard of Ukraine. These are generals who could easily command their personnel and carry out the tasks assigned to them at that time. No one gave them such a command at that time,” Mogilev said.
Yanukovych's ally : The Russian Spring should have been nipped in the bud.