To de-occupy Crimea, Ukraine is currently considering both diplomatic and military paths, Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said in an interview with Ukrinform. She is convinced that our main victory in this matter lies in the recognition by the world that Crimea is an integral and inalienable part of Ukraine.. The Crimean platform was also a prerequisite for this..

“As we say: Crimea was, is and will be Ukraine. And the messages and signals uttered by all countries: the fate of Crimea, the path of the return of Crimea should be determined by Ukraine itself. And we are supported in this. Therefore, it seems to me that today we have both ways - both military and diplomatic.. And they are both relevant,” said Dzhaparova..

She cited Croatia as an example.. This is a country that in the 90s returned two thirds of its territory by military means, one third by diplomatic means..

“And here I want to say that the main lesson for us is the “Crimean lesson”. Because then, in 2014, we as a country, and the world as a community, could not stop this evil, and it spread. All our diplomatic negotiations and attempts, especially by European leaders, to find a language that Putin would hear, or a leader that he would hear, Putin took as weakness and took the next step of his aggression on February 24, ”added Dzhaparova.

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Recall that Ukraine, on the issue of the liberation of Crimea, moved away from the strategy adopted in 2021, when the priority was the diplomatic direction. Now Kyiv openly declares that after February 24, 2022, a military option is also being considered there..

And the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, even allows a combined path of de-occupation, being sure that the Defense Forces will enter Crimea with weapons in their hands.

According to the permanent representative of the President in Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, in order to return the peninsula to real life, Kyiv is already preparing 50,000 officials. Tasheva also warns that the Russians who settled in Crimea in 2014 have time to leave it, because after the de-occupation they will be expelled from there, as required by law.