In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi spoke about how Russia was turning Crimea into a military base to confront NATO, and explained why Ukraine would not be able to return the peninsula in the nearest future.
In Crimea, Russia is using the principle of forward military presence. After the annexation, the peninsula was turned into a military base – the grouping of Russian troops is increasing, and appropriate infrastructure is being created. 23 Crimean enterprises allegedly joined the Russian military-industrial complex officially (on their behalf). The rest of the …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre