Aksyonov: the experience of Afghans helped Crimea to return to the Russian Federation without victims

The participation of veterans of the Afghan war in the Crimean people's volunteer corps, formed during the Crimean spring, helped the Crimea to return to their historical Homeland in the Russian Federation without victims, said the head of the Republic Sergey Aksenov in the process of meeting, on the 26th anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after regions in March 2014 referendum where the majority of residents were in favour of joining the Federation. These events went down in history as " the Crimean spring.

"due to the fact that in the ranks of the Crimean defense was a large number of soldiers who fought in Afghanistan, who knew what must be done, which were worthy of military school life, which by his example showed youth how it is necessary to carry the service on the most difficult sites, We, and among them were our difficult period return to their historical Homeland, without loss, without victims," said Feldman.

for its part, the head of the United Crimean Union of veterans of Afghanistan and other local wars - soldiers internationalists Sergey Tarasov noticed that "Crimean spring" provided that the Afghans were among the first when creating a regiment of militia.

"Our third Afghan troop was the most numerous. We were ahead. It is our duty, It is our sacred obligation, because we are children, our parents and peaceful skies of the Crimea Is the most precious thing We have defended, " he finished Tarasov.

He also said that Ukraine's attempts to drive a wedge between the Ukrainian and Crimean Afghans are doomed to failure.

"Those who are trying to drive a wedge, they won't work, because in the end We are fighting the brothers, We all took one grief in Afghanistan," said Tarasov.

He summed up that some forces are trying to divide and oppose the Ukrainian and Crimean Afghans, but either way, soldiers-internationalists, whose military honor and valor above any politics, eventually relations.

in Afghanistan fought more than 5 thousand inhabitants 170 were killed and three are missing. Currently, the line is more than 4, or 5 people.

on Sunday, fifteen February, marks 26 years since the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan.


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