Some Western politicians are calling on Ukraine to abandon the idea of \u200b\u200bliberating Crimea from Russian occupation, Tamila Tasheva, permanent representative of the president in Crimea, said in an interview with the Polish news agency PAP..

“Some Western politicians warn us. They think we should completely abandon efforts to take back Crimea.. But I assure you that the connection between Crimea and Ukraine is very strong, it has been going on since the Cossack times, and nothing will change this,” Tasheva said..

According to her, the issue of the return of Crimea caused a whole discussion among Western politicians.. According to them, the peninsula can be returned, but the potential consequences could be huge for both the peninsula and Ukraine..

“There were also theses according to which Crimea was never Ukrainian. I want to praise them, because Crimea has never been Russian. These were colonized territories, but with historical continuity and Crimean Tatar roots. They remind that the connection with the Crimea and Ukraine is very strong and continues uninterruptedly from the Cossack times to this day,” she said..

The permanent ancestor added that for Russia, Crimea is a “sacred” territory and its possession is Putin’s obsession, so some people in the West fear that in the event of an offensive in Crimea, the Russian Federation will use tactical nuclear weapons..

Tasheva refused to name the names of politicians who expressed such opinions, and stressed that we are talking about individuals, not states..

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Recall, the permanent representative of the President in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, said that Russia’s war against Ukraine began with the annexation of the peninsula, so it should end with his release.. She notes that in order to return the peninsula to real life, Kyiv is already preparing 50 thousand officials. Tasheva also warns that the Russians who settled in Crimea in 2014 still have time to leave it, because after the de-occupation they will be expelled from there, as required by law.

It should be noted that Ukraine has deviated from the strategy adopted in 2021 on the issue of the liberation of Crimea, 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.