If Ukraine was a neutral country, it would not lose the Crimea and managed to prevent a conflict in the Donbass. The head of the political party "Osnova" Andrei Nikolaenko expressed this point of view on the channel NEWSONE. Nikolayenko recalled that in 1990, 94% of Ukrainians voted to adopt a declaration of independence that enshrined the country's neutral status. "If the previous presidents did not pull us between Moscow and Washington, and did what the people of Ukraine decided. , then we would not have a problem with the Crimea and wars in the Donbass today, "the politician believes.. Crimea became Russian following the results of the referendum held in March 2014, at which the overwhelming majority of residents voted to join the Russian Federation.