Ukraine is ready to accept the occupied Crimea together with the fleet in response to the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the readiness to transfer ships and other military equipment from the peninsula. This was announced at the briefing by Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman.

"Counter offer to the President of the Russian Federation - I propose, together with the fleet, to return the Crimea. Are ready to accept in the near future ", - Grojsman has declared.

Recall, earlier Putin said that Russia is ready to transfer to Ukraine ships from the annexed Crimea.

"We are ready to hand over the military ships of Ukraine, which are still in the Crimea, are ready to transfer aircraft equipment, armored vehicles. True, she is all in such a deplorable state, but this is not our business anymore, she was practically like this, nobody was serviced during these years, "he said..

Later, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that this initiative of Putin is a "gesture of goodwill".