THE SITUATION IN CRIMEA (COVERAGE BY BNT SPECIAL ENVOY MARIO GAVRILOV)

Ukraine's acting President, Oleksandr Turchynov, said in an interview that Ukraine would not wage war over Crimea, reported the BNT envoy in Simferopol, Mario Gavrilov, for the BNT morning programme “The Day Begins”.

Turchynov says that Ukraine will not launch military operations in Crimea because this would expose its the Eastern border with Russia and Ukraine would not be protected.

Taking into account Ukraine’s financial position and the outnumbered Crimean army, any military intervention at such moment would be “suicidal” for Ukraine, Gavrilov summarized.

The top news today is expected to come from Washington, where the acting Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk will meet for discussions with the US President Barack Obama. According to unconfirmed information, many Russian media came out with an announcement that decision to annex Crimea to Russia had already been made in Kremlin.

According to that Crimea would become part of the Russian Federation with two official languages - Russian and Tatar. On 11th march, Russia welcomed the declaration of independence of Crimea approved by the local Parliament in Simferopol and considered the decision of the parliament as lawful, Gavrilov explained.

The Chairman of the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said in front of journalists yesterday that the self-defense forces of Crimea were ready to prevent any armed provocations at the border of Ukraine, Gavrilov said.

Majority of the Crimean people believe that joining Russia would improve their standard of living.

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