Crimea called Kiev's statement on nuclear weapons stupidity

SIMFEROPOL, 10 Aug The head of the public chamber of Crimea, Alexander Formanchuk, called the statement of the Kiev authorities on the deployment of nuclear weapons on the peninsula stupid, and said that there is no such need today. … Kosachev said about the danger of placing weapons of third countries near Crimea «Firstly, this is absolute stupidity and illiteracy in assessing the situation and a provocation by the Kiev authorities. Secondly, Russia has the right to deploy any types of weapons in Crimea in accordance with its national security strategy,» if need be, «Formanchuk told RIA Novosti. He recalled that nuclear warheads were stored in Crimea during Soviet times. Poklonskaya called on Lukashenko to recognize the status of Crimea «Today, there is no such need. Russia now has types of weapons that have even more advantages over nuclear weapons. Today, nuclear weapons are most likely a weapon of mutual deterrence and balance in the world,» Formanchuk said. In his opinion, Reznikov's statement was dictated by the desire to lure the United States and other NATO countries into the territory of Ukraine. «The Kiev authorities are looking for different ways to join NATO,» explained Formanchuk. In Crimea, Kiev promised a «donut hole» instead of reparations