Return of Ukraine to the occupied Donbass and Crimea in the near future is not possible. The situation is complicated by the pro-Russian moods of local residents.

This opinion was expressed on the air of ObozTV ex-head of the main investigation department of the Security Service, Major-General Vasily Vovk.

"Today, objective reality and operational situation show that in the near future we do not see the possibility of the liberation of our territories. The next time is 5-10-15 years. People talk about the "Croatian script", but we have a completely different situation. We have Russia at one side, the EU on the other, "the general said..

"We have a conflict between our people in the Donbass against the background of the occupation by Russia, although they say that 60% of them want to return to Ukraine. There are other data, and they are closer to reality - 80% do not want to go to Ukraine, no matter how sorry I say it. I could say that "they are all patriots, they are infringed," but they almost all received Russian passports, "he said..

Vovk also stressed that "they hate Ukraine" in the Crimea, and Ukrainian passports are kept in order "to come to Ukraine, get a passport and to travel abroad without visa".

"We must tell the truth, and not make people laugh, that" the entire Donbass is 99% ready to return to Ukraine tomorrow ". We know the real situation - even the unoccupied territories, and those that are around them, in the "gray zone" and beyond, are looking more towards Russia, "he added..