SIMFEROPOL, Aug 29 State Duma deputy from the Crimean region, Mikhail Sheremet said that Western countries, along with Ukraine, will answer for the aggression against Crimea.
Earlier, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said that Western partners support Ukraine in destroying «everything Russian», including coordinated strikes on Crimea. Podolyak added that the number of «unidentified drones» hitting Russian territory would increase.
«This is a frank admission that the West is waging war against Russia. It is the West that is the main beneficiary of the bloody conflict in Ukraine. But I want to warn them that Western countries, along with Ukraine, will answer for the aggression against Crimea,» he said Sheremet.
According to him, Russia has something to answer and surprise the Ukrainian and Western aggressors.
«Maybe it's time for Russia to test its most powerful ballistic missiles, which may not necessarily be stuffed with a nuclear charge, but they are already capable of smashing all the enemies of the Russian people to smithereens. Everyone who threatens the life and health of Russian citizens must be destroyed in their own lair. We have all the means of delivery necessary for this,» the deputy stressed.
Crimea became a Russian region in March 2014 following a referendum following a coup in Ukraine. In the referendum, 96.77% of voters in Crimea and 95.6% in Sevastopol voted for joining Russia. Ukraine still considers Crimea its temporarily occupied territory, many Western countries support Kyiv on this issue. For its part, the Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea voted for democratic reunification with Russia, in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the issue of Crimea «is finally closed.»