Military expert and blogger Alexei Arestovich believes that Ukraine can not fight Russia with the Kremlin's methods, let alone persecute the inhabitants of the occupied Donbas for views.
He stated this in an interview with Apostrophe.
According to him, one can not automatically consider all those who are in the occupied territory as accomplices of the enemy.
"Look, 135 of 135 countries have been modernized, some do it for 100 years and still can not do it. And what is Art Nouveau? Modernity is respect for the values ??and culture of another person, even if I hate them fatally. While he does not commit acts that are punishable by law, nothing can be done with him, he can only be persuaded, one can quietly laugh at him, poke him with a finger, "Arestovich emphasized..
He clarified that Ukraine, using the methods of Moscow, immediately becomes a non-nuclear power, and persecution for views, for example, love of Russian songs - this is generally the Stone Age. Arrestovich noted that it is impossible to make cultural issues political.
"Have you seen that the Americans allowed themselves to say that Muslims are the enemies of America? In the American army there are a couple of hundreds of thousands of Muslims, and in the Ukrainian army dozens, hundreds of people from Donetsk and Lugansk regions, whose relatives live on the other side. And what to tell a Ukrainian soldier who has been fighting for four years? Like, "your mother - the tentacle of the" Russian world ", supported the invaders, let's come to Donetsk and kill your mother, repress or take away citizenship"? You have to be a complete idiot to put this question. And we have enough idiots, "he said..
At the same time, the expert added that there are questions to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the General Prosecutor's Office (GPU). In particular, as persons holding senior positions in the Ukrainian authorities admitted to state secrets, are engaged in that falls under three or four articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - incitement of ethnic strife and t.
"Where are the claims of the Prosecutor General's Office to them? These people work for the Kremlin - consciously or unconsciously. They split Ukraine at a time when it is under military influence. What should be done with them? A stick on the head - and into the coffin.
And they go on programs, write in their blogs about what to do with the citizens of Donetsk and Lugansk. These are our citizens. I do not like? Re-educate. Go personally ponyuy. What do you call the power? Before the power all are equal - the Crimean Tatar speaking, Russian-speaking, Ukrainian-speaking, Gagauz-speaking. You are a citizen of Ukraine, which means that you are equal in rights with everyone, even with those who dream with a sovereign power and are dreaming of defeating an occupier, "concluded Arestovich.