The Crimea was UN
The Ministry of defense of Ukraine said about what happened in Crimea, clashes between the Russian military and FSB of Russia. On the eve on the Peninsula was prevented, the attack, which was prepared by the Ukrainian security services, according to Moscow. Ukraine denies any involvement in the incident Kiev issued a question on the Crimean incident for consideration by the UN security Council.
Thursday on the website of the President of Ukraine reported that Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with representatives of law enforcement agencies on the situation “due to the provocative actions of Russia in Crimea…”.
Judging by the statements of Ministers, Ukraine recognizes the aggravation of the situation on the border with Crimea, but his involvement in rejects. “The fire is not open, either of artillery systems, of any of the other weapons. It may confirm any serviceman and a resident of the territory, because the sounds of artillery shelling is heard at a considerable distance,” said the chief of the General staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko.
Involvement in the battles on the Peninsula, Kyiv has also totally rejected. According to the head of intelligence of the defense Ministry of the country Valery Kondratyuk, in the Crimea skirmish between Russian Armed forces and FSB.
Nevertheless, the permanent mission of Ukraine to the UN 11 August initiated the consultations in the Security Council of the world organization on “recent Russian provocations in the Crimea…”. On the official website of the security Council stated that consultations were held behind closed doors.
The documentary basis for the event — letter of the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev of February 28, 2014, in which he requested an urgent meeting about the Peninsula and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The letter also contains a request to give the right to separate the representative of the Ukrainian authorities.
Such consultations have already been held in the UN security Council. However, in their framework it is impossible to make any General statements, nor resolution, explained in an interview with “Газетой.Ru” Alexander Gorelik, a Russian diplomat and former Director of the UN information centre in Moscow.
“Even the official statement of the UN security Council, which simply expresses the opinion of this international body on a particular issue should be made in terms of consensus, he said. — Knowing the level of confrontation on the Crimean issue, the representatives of Russia did not miss any official document, which was contested by the Russian status of the Peninsula”.
Following the meeting, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko said that the countries – members of the security Council “unequivocally supported the position of respecting the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine, including Crimea,” although he noted that Russia did not agree with this point of view. “If the Russian allegations about alleged attempts of Ukraine to organize a terrorist attack in the Crimea were true, then where is the evidence, where photos and video? There are only words”, — said Yelchenko.
Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin, before the consultations in the security Council noting that Ukraine has made “a clear act of sabotage and terrorism” following the meeting on 11 August told reporters that the security Council, representatives of Kyiv are just trying to divert attention from the impasse in the Donbass.
Stolen saboteurs
About closing the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Crimea became known on the morning of 7 August. Version breakthrough saboteurs were discussed informally. On 10 August, the FSB announced that on Monday, the border service was not allowed to enter the territory of Crimea two Ukrainian subversive groups.
On Thursday, state “the Russian newspaper” reported the new version of what happened on the night of August 7 there was a clash between alleged terrorists and the FSB at the cemetery in Armyansk, then killed the first Russian soldier, and was killed at least one Ukrainian saboteur. A day later two of the reconnaissance, which was the survivor in a shootout the day before, tried to break through the border to Ukraine. From the Ukrainian side they were covered with tanks and armored personnel carriers. Simultaneously there was a diversion — the shelling of the Russian border that killed a trooper. Also reported losses from the Ukrainian side.
The FSB claims that the purpose of saboteurs to blow up important sites of the Peninsula, and also to destabilize the situation in the region “in the period of preparation and conduct of elections”. The intelligence Agency also stated that liquidated the Ukrainian network of agents on the Peninsula.
Among those detained by security forces was both Russian and Ukrainian citizens. Know the name of one of them — Evgeny Panov. Earlier Ukraine was a criminal case about the kidnapping Panova.
Panov — head of the defense of the city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhia. During the active phase of the so-called anti-terrorist operation (ATO) Ukraine in the Donbass, he fought in the 23rd separate motorized rifle brigade.
Gentry did not plan to commit terrorist acts in Crimea, said his brother Igor Kotelenez Ukrainian media. According to him, on Saturday morning, the lords went with friends to the cottage, and then disappeared. Kotelenez believes that his brother could steal, to deliver to the Crimea and the issue of the employee of the main intelligence Directorate (Gur) of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine.
Also not communicate and two colleagues Panova, who fought in the ATO, said their colleague at the motor shop Zaporizhzhya NPP Igor Matyuhin.
Castles for the border
“Apparently, the people who seized power in Kiev and continue to hold her back, instead of looking for ways of peaceful settlement, moved on to practice terror,” —
commented on the situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On the morning of 11 August he held a meeting of the security Council on the terrorist attack in the Crimea. It discussed “additional measures to ensure the safety of the population and infrastructure of the Peninsula.
In addition, the Russian leader called a meeting in the “Normandy format” on Donbass in China at the G20 summit meaningless. When to resume the peace process in the Donbass, is unknown.
The meeting focused on scenarios of measures of antiterrorist security on the land border, in the waters and airspace of the Crimea.
As stated “Газете.Ru” Colonel General Sergei Kizyun, the former chief of staff of the military district, today it is clear that the border in the Crimea requires full gain. “You can deploy on the Peninsula with additional forces of the Federal border service of the FSB of Russia and dramatically strengthen the grouping of forces and means. Until the removal of the units and FPS with a relatively quiet sector of the border in other regions of Russia”, — he said.
Still vector defence efforts on the Peninsula focused exclusively in the South. Today, Russia’s Armed forces have on the Crimean isthmus relatively modest forces. At the airport Dzhankoy is based of the 39-th separate helicopter regiment of the army aviation. There are on duty on a rotation battalion tactical groups of the compounds of the airborne troops from “mainland” Russia. And all this, with the exception of small units of the Federal border service and internal Affairs bodies.
The Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov said “Газете.Ru” that Russia should recall the experience of the United States after the September 11 attacks.
“They then stopped the country that committed the attacks against them, and brought in troops. Here we should issue a statement in which we warn that in case of repetition of the provocations we will be forced to use military force, — the politician says. — So did the Soviet Union in its time.”
In addition, Kalashnikov offers to use political and economic leverage, including the price of gas. “What exactly not to do, is to apply any sanctions. It’s something to aspire to power in Ukraine” — sums up the MP.
A member of the Duma Committee on defense Vladimir Bessonov believes that to succumb to provocations from the Ukrainian side is not necessary, but intelligence agencies should continue to monitor the situation. “It is necessary to make Ukraine the last “warning”, — the politician considers. — And, if they continue, let them not be offended”.
Member of the international Committee of the Federation Council Igor Morozov believes that in order to prevent such situations in the future, Russia needs to strengthen the state border with Georgia in the area of the Crimea Peninsula and Ukraine to pressure by diplomatic means.
According to the Senator, “European curators” the Kiev authorities should have a serious talk with the head of Ukraine about his statements related to the preparation of hostilities, including in the territory of the Crimea Peninsula. Russia also needs to intensify the negotiating process on the implementation of the Minsk agreements at all levels, including in order to Poroshenko was influenced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her French counterpart Francois Hollande. These European leaders involved in the negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement of the conflict within the “Normandy format”.
“Not just people”
“Russia will not be able for his provocative statements to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the international community to overturn a well-deserved sanctions imposed by our partners”, — said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
11 Aug politician instructed the foreign Ministry to arrange talks with the leaders of Russia, Germany, France, the European Union, as well as with the Vice-President of the USA Joseph Biden.
US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has expressed solidarity with Poroshenko. According to him, Washington did not see evidence of the involvement of Ukraine to the provocations in Crimea. “This is not the first false accusation of Russia in Ukraine, done to divert attention from their own illegal actions,” — said the diplomat.
A source in the Ukrainian defense Ministry claims that the Ukrainian military did not set the task to carry out subversive activities on the Peninsula. The question is, could the volunteers to take this step on their own?
“It’s possible, but the point of such activities is not. The border with the Crimea closely seen, and a few dozen people will not be able to return the Peninsula”, — said the source in defense Ministry.
The Deputy from “Blok Petro Poroshenko” Vadim Denisenko believes that the statement about sabotage on the Peninsula should lead to heighten the fear of war with Russia to divert troops from the Donbass and to attract the attention of Europeans.
“Russia’s goal is to remove any way sanctions, accusing Ukraine of all mortal sins: terrorism, sabotage, violations, defaults, delay. We have no right to play along with this scenario,” adds the Vice-speaker of the Parliament Irina Gerashchenko.
According to Andrei Yermolayev, Director of the Ukrainian center of social researches “Sofia”, Kiev critically is not beneficial to any destabilization of the Crimea. “According to information about the mood of the inhabitants of the Crimea, the pendulum has not yet swung in the opposite direction, — said the expert. — An attempt of destabilization on the part of Ukraine only strengthen the Pro-Russian attitude.”
According to Ukrainian political scientist Dmytro Ponamarchuk, who was formerly the campaign headquarters of former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, today Ukraine is simply no subversive groups, capable of conducting the Crimean operation, as reported by the Russian special services. “The last 25 years of the Ukrainian scouting was busy listening to the oligarchs and FSB,” he said.
The senselessness and ruthlessness
Deputy Director of the Institute of political and military analysis Alexander Khramchikhin meanwhile I am sure that the beginning of open military conflict with Ukraine more in line with the interests of the city than the Kremlin.
“This will immediately turn the authorities of Ukraine a victim of Russian aggression, from the point of view of European politicians, — the expert believes. In turn, the Kiev leaders will get carte Blanche,
on the removal of money from the Ukrainian economy and transfer these funds to the West.” According to Khramchikhin, the main objectives of the Crimean diversion was to draw Russia into the war because of provocations in the Donbas can not cause a sharp reaction in the Kremlin.
The clash of Russia and Ukraine, obviously, would exclude any possibility for the normalization of relations between Moscow and Western countries.
In addition, according to Khramchikhin, the Crimean incident increases the chances of a new escalation in the Donbass. “Both sides of the conflict in the East of Ukraine, convinced of the futility of the Minsk process and more inclined to the resumption of war,” — said the expert.
If the problems with the negotiations reached a certain level, even the international guarantors will not be able to keep the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass and Kiev authorities from the new war, says hramchihin.
