Russia may invade Ukraine under the pretext of stopping the escalation in Donbass, ex-Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Yuriy Hrymchak said.
Russia can openly invade the territory of Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers. This opinion was expressed by the former Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Yuriy Grymchak To the “Observer” in an interview that was posted on March 13th.
“By and large, today Russia has no particular reason not to raise rates. They can raise rates. Especially in Donbass. This should be expected. As soon as they understand that all their plans to push these“ republics ”into the body of Ukraine will not be implemented on their conditions, they will take the path of aggravation. Perhaps even along the path of the official entry of their troops into the territory of ORDLO. They officially declare this. They are already openly discussing that it is necessary to bring in the so-called Russian peacekeepers to stop the escalation, “he said.
The ex-deputy minister believes that the Russian Federation wants to repeat what happened in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria.
“In March 2014, the Russian State Duma gave permission for the use of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine. This was official, at the suggestion of the President [Владимира] Putin. Therefore, I think that they can do this under the flag of peacekeepers. In 2014, on the territory of the Russian Federation, our intelligence recorded several units in which the equipment was painted in the colors of the UN peacekeeping forces. That is, in fact, these units were preparing to enter the territory of Ukraine as peacekeepers, “explained Grymchak.
He noted that “it did not work out then, but today such an option is possible.”
“They want to enter exactly as peacekeepers, albeit without the consent of Ukraine,” Grymchak says.
According to him, Russia may aggravate the situation in Donbass “as soon as it gets warmer.”
In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
Until recently, representatives of Ukraine, Russia, USA, Germany and France negotiated placement in the Donbass UN peacekeepers. Kiev insisted on their presence throughout Donbass, Moscow agreed only to place them on the line of contact.
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