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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/476459.html
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is considering a response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement about the possible return of military hardware abandoned in Crimea to Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariana Betsa told the television channel 112.Ukraine on Friday.
"The issue has many aspects," the TV channel's website cited Betsa as saying.
As reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to give back to Ukraine the combat equipment the Ukrainian army and fleet abandoned when leaving the Crimean Peninsula. He said that the Ukrainian military equipment "is in poor condition."
"But it's none of our business. This is the condition it actually was in. And naturally, nobody has ever serviced it all these years," Putin said.
He says about dozens of warships, dozens of aircraft.
"As for the ships, I think it will be better if Ukrainian servicemen just come and take them. We are ready to help transport them to Odesa," Putin said.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/476484.html
Ukrainian military hardware, which was left in Russian-occupied Crimea and which Moscow said can be returned to Ukraine, may not prove to be in good order, which calls into question the expediency of its return, a People's Front faction deputy and a member of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security and defense, Dmytro Tymchuk, has said.
"We need to study this issue, but I have a big suspicion that there really is nothing to transfer there," Tymchuk told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
According to him, armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army, which were left in Crimea after the seizure of the peninsula by Russia, were sent to Donbas by invaders in 2014. Thus, he notes, Russia tried to hide the presence of its troops there.
Tymchuk also noted that armored vehicles that can remain in Crimea at the moment most likely need substantial repairs and will not improve the combat capacity of the Ukrainian army.
"It is important to understand what remained of the equipment and weapons that Russian troops left in Crimea," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 11 that Russia was ready to give back to Ukraine the combat equipment the Ukrainian army and fleet abandoned when leaving the Crimean Peninsula.
However, he added, the Ukrainian military equipment "is in poor condition."
"But it's none of our business. This is the condition it actually was in. And naturally, nobody has ever serviced it all these years," Putin said.
He said that the issue concerned dozens of combat ships and aircraft.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/476501.html
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman commenting on the statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible return of military equipment left in the occupied Crimea to Ukraine, has suggested returning Crimea to Ukraine together with the fleet.
"I have a counter offer for the president of the Russian Federation – I propose returning Crimea together with the fleet. We are ready to accept it in the near future," Groysman said at a briefing at the Hnutove check-point in Donetsk region on Friday.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is considering a response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement about the possible return of military hardware abandoned in Crimea to Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariana Betsa told the television channel 112.Ukraine on Friday.
"The issue has many aspects," the TV channel's website cited Betsa as saying.
As reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to give back to Ukraine the combat equipment the Ukrainian army and fleet abandoned when leaving the Crimean Peninsula. He said that the Ukrainian military equipment "is in poor condition."
"But it's none of our business. This is the condition it actually was in. And naturally, nobody has ever serviced it all these years," Putin said.
He says about dozens of warships, dozens of aircraft.
"As for the ships, I think it will be better if Ukrainian servicemen just come and take them. We are ready to help transport them to Odesa," Putin said.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/476484.html
Ukrainian military hardware, which was left in Russian-occupied Crimea and which Moscow said can be returned to Ukraine, may not prove to be in good order, which calls into question the expediency of its return, a People's Front faction deputy and a member of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security and defense, Dmytro Tymchuk, has said.
"We need to study this issue, but I have a big suspicion that there really is nothing to transfer there," Tymchuk told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
According to him, armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army, which were left in Crimea after the seizure of the peninsula by Russia, were sent to Donbas by invaders in 2014. Thus, he notes, Russia tried to hide the presence of its troops there.
Tymchuk also noted that armored vehicles that can remain in Crimea at the moment most likely need substantial repairs and will not improve the combat capacity of the Ukrainian army.
"It is important to understand what remained of the equipment and weapons that Russian troops left in Crimea," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 11 that Russia was ready to give back to Ukraine the combat equipment the Ukrainian army and fleet abandoned when leaving the Crimean Peninsula.
However, he added, the Ukrainian military equipment "is in poor condition."
"But it's none of our business. This is the condition it actually was in. And naturally, nobody has ever serviced it all these years," Putin said.
He said that the issue concerned dozens of combat ships and aircraft.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/476501.html
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman commenting on the statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible return of military equipment left in the occupied Crimea to Ukraine, has suggested returning Crimea to Ukraine together with the fleet.
"I have a counter offer for the president of the Russian Federation – I propose returning Crimea together with the fleet. We are ready to accept it in the near future," Groysman said at a briefing at the Hnutove check-point in Donetsk region on Friday.