The President of Russia announced his readiness to transfer to Kiev the military equipment that the Ukrainian army left in Crimea. This statement has generated controversial reactions. Someone expressed fears that weapons would be used in the conflict in Donbass. Others assured that Kiev took all the most valuable things back in 2014. studied the assortment of second-hand weapons in the Crimea.

Goodwill gesture

Vladimir Putin on Russia's readiness to return warships and aircraft to Ukraine during a meeting with the heads of Russian media and news agencies on January 11. “True, it is all in such a deplorable state, but this is no longer our business, it was practically in this state, during these years it has not been serviced by anyone, of course,” the head of state noted. According to him, we are talking about dozens of ships and combat aircraft that the Ukrainian military can take away. Russia is ready to help transport them to Odessa. The President added that there is also a significant ammunition stock, but, according to Russian military experts, it cannot be transported, but only disposed of on site. Putin noted that Russia is ready to invite the Ukrainian military to participate in this procedure.

The words of the Russian leader have caused bewilderment on both sides of the border. In recent years, relations between the countries have deteriorated to the limit, Kiev regularly accuses Moscow of conducting hostilities in the Donbass, Russian special services periodically report on the prevention of terrorist attacks that are being prepared by the Ukrainian security forces. The Kremlin press secretary had to comment on the initiative. “This is another gesture of goodwill, a manifestation of a political disposition to move the Ukrainian settlement process off the ground,” he explained.

There is no official data on what Kiev left behind in Crimea. It is known that the number of the Ukrainian military group on the peninsula was about 20 thousand people. The Kiev authorities claimed that the total value of abandoned military equipment was estimated at 18 billion hryvnia (about $ 1.7 billion). The Ukrainian side promised to demand compensation in international courts if it fails to take out its equipment and property.

Fleet in reserve

However, immediately after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, Ukraine had the opportunity to take its own. In the spring of 2014, Kiev exported more than two thousand pieces of weapons and military equipment, the total value of the exported exceeded $ 1 billion. “In particular, aviation equipment - 75 units, ships - 32 units, automotive equipment - 1341 units, rocket and artillery weapons - 120 units, armored vehicles - 121 units, communications equipment - 201 units, operational support equipment - 302 units, logistics equipment - 400 units ", - was specified on the website of the President of Ukraine. In the summer of 2014, this process was stopped by Moscow, as all equipment and ammunition were transferred to Donbass and used against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR).

In turn, Ukrainian officials are confused about what is left on the peninsula. So, the Commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Igor Voronchenko, that there are eight warships in the Crimea, only one of them needs repair of the main engines, BMP - for two battalions, and "they were all practically ready" to work. Also, the Ukrainian army possessed two armored personnel carriers battalions, seven artillery battalions and four mortar batteries. Aviation capable of taking off flew to Ukraine. However, the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine does not consider this property valuable. According to him, all this "is outdated and is scrap metal, which Ukrainian business people will gladly accept and hand over."

clarifies that until 2014, there were several dozen MiG-29, Su-27 and L-39 combat training aircraft at the Belbek airbase near Sevastopol. All of them were in a non-flying state, they had not ascended into the sky for a long time. Instead of hangars, they were kept in open areas, engines were removed from many cars. Apparently, due to the parts of some aircraft, Ukrainian military engineers and aircraft technicians tried to extend the service life of other aircraft. Most of them were taken out in 2014.

Photo: page "Military informant" in "VKontakte"

There are also Ukrainian warships in Crimea. The Black Sea Fleet does not use them, but it is forced to keep a small crew on each so that there are no fires or they do not sink. Diesel-electric submarine of project 641 "Zaporozhye", built in the 70s, is considered legendary. Even before 2014, she was moved from base to base in tow. Other ships are not in the best condition either. Project 1124M anti-submarine corvette "Lutsk" has not been put out to sea since 2008. The Khmelnitsky corvette of project 1241.2 was commissioned in 1985. The ship was mostly in reserve and almost never went to sea. On the large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky" back in 2014 one of the engines and electronic equipment went out of order. Not the best condition of Ukrainian ships recently. The footage shows the sea minesweepers "Chernigov" and "Cherkassy", the submarine "Zaporozhye" and the rescue tugboat "Kremenets". Over the years of inactivity, rust has appeared on the hulls.

The armor is strong

Several dozen launchers of anti-aircraft complexes are also stored on the peninsula. We are talking about the S-300 PT (produced since 1981) and the S-300 PS (produced since 1983). Now their production is curtailed. Experts note that such air defense systems are morally and technically outdated; they have been replaced by much more advanced modifications.

It is worth mentioning the fleet of Ukrainian armored vehicles - several dozen T-64B main battle tanks, BMP-1 and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, BTR-70, BTR-80, MT-LB armored personnel carriers and even very old BTR-60. All this equipment is of Soviet production, pretty worn out and outdated. If the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier and the BMP-2 combat vehicle are still in operation in the Russian army and Ukrainian vehicles could somehow come in handy, then the T-64B will not even go for parts.

It is clear that Ukraine is unlikely to adopt much of the above. For example, Ukraine does not have the necessary infrastructure for basing more or less large ships. However, artillery systems and armored vehicles can be used at least as a source of spare parts, components and assemblies for existing equipment. However, almost two weeks have passed since Vladimir Putin's statement, and no intelligible answer has been received from Kiev. Of the Ukrainian officials, only the country's prime minister spoke on the topic. He offered to return, along with weapons, under the control of Kiev and Crimea itself. Probably, Ukrainian tanks and ships will continue to rust on the peninsula.

about the next betrayal of the Kremlin kagal, led by the best friend of Bandera's people, Putinenko, expressed in his decision to transfer the remaining military equipment from Crimea to Ukraine. In this I will give the figures for this remaining military equipment on the peninsula, which Putin is going to return to his Ukrainian partners:

“4.881 thousand units were not transferred from the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. weapons and military equipment registered in the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely: rocket and artillery weapons - 349 units; armored vehicles - 172 units; automotive equipment - 4360 units. ", - the message says.

The Ministry of Defense also clarified that about 13 aircraft units (including An-26, MiG-29, MiG-29UB, L-39M1), one Mi-8 helicopter, remained on the territory of Crimea and were not transferred to Ukraine by the Russian Federation, about 8 units of anti-aircraft missile systems (including the S-300PS air defense system, the Buk M1 air defense missile system), more than 3 units of automated control systems, about 33 units of radar systems (including 22Zh6 radar, 5N87 radar, P-37 radar, 79K6 radar , Radar 19Zh6, radar 35D6, radar 44Zh6, radar 5N84F, radar5N84A, radar P-18) and about 7 units of mobile radio altimeters (among them PRV 13 PRV16).

At the same time, during 2014, Russia transferred 2,036 units to Ukraine. weapons and equipment.

“During 2014, 2,036 thousand units were transferred from the occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. weapons and military equipment, namely: rocket and artillery weapons - 120 units; armored vehicles - 128 units; automobile equipment 1788 units. In particular, more than 40 units. aircraft (including An-26, MiG-29, MiG-29UB, L-39M1), two Mi-8 helicopters, about 8 units of radar systems (P-37 radar, 79K6 radar, radar19Zh6, 5N84A radar, P- 18) ", - added to the Ministry of Defense.

As reported, as of July 31, 349 units remained in Crimea. Ukrainian artillery weapons, 19 aircraft, 172 units. armored weapons and 21 ships.

Comment. These are quotes from a Ukrainian site about the remaining technicians in Crimea. Which is confirmed by the pro-Kremlin sites. But it's not that. Please note that this list, which will be returned to Ukraine, includes 349 units of rocket and artillery weapons, 172 units of armored vehicles, 13 units of aircraft, etc. And now to answer a simple question, propagandistic creatures, justifying any betrayal of the Kremlin Kodla. Where do you think all this "goodness" will go? That's right, to the long-suffering Donbass. She has nowhere else to go.

Just don't tell me that this technique is faulty. Last time I already wrote that most of the military equipment in the Ukrainian army was also faulty in the spring of 2014. However, as you can see, all this was repaired and sent with the help of her to arrange genocide in Donbass. So who told you bastards that dill won't be able to put at least half of these rocket and artillery installations or armored vehicles into operation?

The same goes for ships. Kremlebots can laugh at Ukrainian warships as much as they want, calling them a trough. But the United States, which is actively arming the Ukrainian army, will help it put into operation at least half of this "trough". They can also add their own from above. This is how Putin decided to revive the Ukrainian fleet, which until then looked like a pitiful sight, to revive along the way. Plus, he is going to return coastal missile systems to Ukraine. Which she has after the loss of Crimea. was not at all. So the Ukrainian nationalist Putin did everything so that his Ukrainian partners not only continued to kill the residents of Donbass who believed in him, but also tried to attack Crimea in the future. So the Crimeans should think about it now and start ticking to the mainland. If they don't want to be in a war zone.

On the transfer to Kiev of the remaining Ukrainian military equipment in Crimea. Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman in pure Russian, he immediately expressed the idea of \u200b\u200breturning the whole Crimea with the fleet.

“Counter proposal to the President of the Russian Federation - I propose to return Crimea together with the fleet. We are ready to accept it in the near future, ”the prime minister said.

The Ukrainian military accepted the idea with less optimism.

"This requires a very careful study, so that we do not remain a bargaining chip," - said the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Igor Voronchenko on the air of the TV channel "112 Ukraine". In his opinion, behind the proposal to transfer the equipment to Kiev, a certain "game" of the Kremlin may be hidden.

Voronchenko also claims that almost all the equipment that remained on the peninsula was repaired. Say, out of eight warships, only the large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky" was not on the move.

“In addition, the corvette Lutsk was being repaired, but it was practically repaired,” said the commander of the Ukrainian Navy.

We will remind, earlier Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to transfer to Ukraine the military equipment remaining in Crimea. "True, it is all in such a deplorable state, but this is no longer our business, it was practically in this state, it has not been serviced by anyone over the years, of course," Putin said at a meeting with the heads of Russian media and news agencies.

According to him, we are talking about dozens of ships and combat aircraft that the Ukrainian military can take away. Russia is ready to help transport them to Odessa, Putin said.

January 12 press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskovcommented on this statement.

“Vladimir Putin, among other things, spoke about this yesterday: about the fact that Russia is more interested than other countries in the implementation of the Minsk agreements. The President is in favor of continuing and completing the detainee exchange process. And this is, let's say, another goodwill gesture from Russia, ”said Dmitry Peskov.

However, won't this "gesture of goodwill" be used for ill purposes against the DPR and LPR?

- I arrived in Crimea in 2014 a few months before the reunification of the peninsula with Russia, - says expert of the Center for Military-Political Journalism Vladimir Orlov. -And he had the opportunity to study the combat effectiveness of Ukrainian military units, the state of military equipment at that time. I was almost everywhere - in the Sevastopol Bay, in Balaklava, visited several ammunition depots, talked with the military and even with several SBU officers.

So, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian military equipment at that time was in a depressing state. Almost all of it had not been used for a long time and was covered with rust. It was not clear which tank would start at least, which one would not, etc. Of this equipment, a small part to be restored was taken by Russia after reunification with Crimea.

Those ships that belonged to the Ukrainian Navy, except as rusty troughs, could not be called either. Unless the Ukrainian border guard boats were in an acceptable operational condition. Everything else, even if Ukraine wants to take it, is unlikely to be able to do it. Since these so-called ships, moving away from the berths, risk sinking immediately.

"SP": - During the years of the war in Donbass, Ukraine has been trying to modernize its military-industrial complex. If we transfer tanks and other equipment to Kiev, after repairs it can be used in hostilities against the DPR and LPR?

- There are no factories in Ukraine now that could bring equipment of this quality into a combat-ready state. From many tanks and armored personnel carriers there were just iron boxes. Everything inside was damaged and plundered, including electrical wiring, transmission, hydraulic system, weapons control system. In most cases, it is easier to create a new combat vehicle than to restore one that has become unusable. Indeed, at the Kharkov armored repair plant there was old military equipment, some of which were returned to working condition. But that technique was not initially brought to such a deplorable state.

"SP": - Why then in April 2014, when active hostilities began in the Donbass, we suspended the issuance of this "Crimean military scrap" to Ukraine?

- It was a purely political step. And those several hundred units of military equipment that we handed over to Kiev were not really used in hostilities.

As for the ammunition mentioned by Vladimir Putin, these are largely shells from the Great Patriotic War and the first post-war years. The southwestern part of Sevastopol is a continuous arsenal of obsolete ammunition. They are being guarded now, but transporting this ammunition is a very risky undertaking. They must be carefully examined, the most dangerous mines, shells, torpedoes must be neutralized. And only then can we talk about recycling. This is not a one-year job. And there can be no question of loading this ammunition into wagons and transporting it to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, among the military equipment that can be transferred to Kiev, there are also aircraft. Surely, they were watched more closely than tanks and armored vehicles. Could they pose a threat to the DPR, LPR and the same Crimea?

- Ukrainian combat aircraft mostly just stood on the ground, - says military expert Alexey Leonkov. -Maintenance schedule was not followed. After a long period of non-use, the suitability of such a technique is in question. I think that these aircraft will simply be disassembled for parts for the already operating fleet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"SP": - That is, by transferring aircraft, we still strengthen the combat capability of the Ukrainian army?

- To some extent, you can say so. Since Ukraine does not have new spare parts for Su and MiG fighters, they are all manufactured in Russia. And old spare parts are running out, and their quality is very doubtful. This is evidenced by the fact that Ukraine's attempts to repair Soviet-made aircraft that are in service with the countries of the former socialist camp are failing. In particular, Bulgarian pilots refused to fly on combat aircraft repaired in Ukraine.

By the way, it is quite possible that parts of the Crimean aircraft, if they are transferred to Kiev, will be used to repair aircraft in Eastern Europe, since the contracts have not yet been terminated.

- It is clear that we would not give good military equipment to such an unstable country as Ukraine, - says expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists Alexander Perendzhiev. -Yes, in Crimea, there could not be such equipment that belonged to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the Ukrainian army did not follow any rules for its storage and operation. It makes no sense for us to take on the balance of the remaining military equipment from Ukraine. Therefore, most likely, there was a choice: to dispose of it or transfer it to Kiev. I think they chose the latter for political reasons. On the one hand, Russia shows that it is not at all worried that Kiev will have these outdated and mostly unusable weapons. We can always give an adequate answer if the APU tries to use this technique against us.

On the other hand, attention is drawn to the hesitation of the United States regarding the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Perhaps the point is some tacit agreement between the United States and Russia that the Americans will not supply modern anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Kiev, and Russia will demonstratively offer Kiev to take away its old weapons. This is how we show that we are ready to negotiate with the United States and NATO on the war in Donbass.

"SP": - How will our brothers in the DPR and LPR perceive that in the conditions of continuing hostilities we are handing over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, albeit bad, but still military equipment? No wonder we suspended the transfer of these weapons in 2014?

- Now the situation is fundamentally different. In the spring of 2014, Donbass miners and volunteers from Russia fought almost with their bare hands, often using weapons from the Great Patriotic War. Now the army units of the DPR and LPR have the forces and means to adequately respond to any actions of the Ukrainian army.

Image copyright TASS / Ryumin Image caption All combat-ready tanks were transferred to Ukraine back in 2014

Vladimir Putin offered to return to Ukraine weapons and military equipment that remained on the territory of Crimea after its annexation by Russia in 2014.

"The Ukrainian side has repeatedly raised the issue of returning military equipment from Crimea. We are ready to continue this process, we are ready to transfer warships to Ukraine, aviation equipment, armored vehicles," the Russian president said at a meeting with chief editors of print media and news agencies on Thursday in Moscow.

True, according to Putin, all this equipment is in a "deplorable state." "But this is no longer our business. She was practically in this way - over the years, of course, no one has been serviced by anyone," he said.

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The Russian and Ukrainian services of the BBC turned to Ukrainian experts with a request to assess the need of the Ukrainian armed forces for equipment that Moscow can transfer to Kiev from Crimea.

How much equipment is left in Crimea?

Immediately after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia began to transfer weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, but this process was stopped on April 15 by Moscow, which announced that it would not continue the transfer while the conflict in Donbass continued.

According to UNIAN, at that time 389 units of military equipment were transferred, including eight helicopters and three warships. There is no exact data on how much Ukrainian military equipment remains in Crimea at the present time in open sources.

Image copyright TASS / Pavlishak Image caption The Ukrainian team leaves the large landing complex "Konstantin Olshansky" in 2014

On March 27, 2014, the Russian Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade published data on the Ukrainian military equipment remaining in Crimea at that time. According to these data, 51 combat and auxiliary ships and vessels remained in the Crimea. Among them are three small anti-submarine ships "Lutsk", "Ternopil" and "Khmelnitsky", missile boats "Pridneprovye", "Priluki", control ships "Slavutich" and "Donbas" ", large landing ship" Konstantin Olshansky ", patrol ship" Vinnitsa "and others.

As the head of the "Ukrainian military portal" Taras Chmut told BBC Ukraine, 11 warships remained in Crimea: corvettes "Ternopil", "Lutsk", "Khmelnitsky", "Pridneprovye", sea minesweepers "Chernigov" and "Cherkassy", large landing craft "Konstantin Olshansky ", command ship" Slavutich ", large submarine" Zaporozhye ".

Almost all aircraft of the Navy flew from the peninsula, except for two Be-12s, but the air force, according to Chmut, left nine MiG-29s, three L-39M1s and one An-72.

Does Ukraine need equipment?

Ukrainian experts note that most of the equipment that remained in Crimea is likely to be in an unusable state, and large funds will be required to restore it.

In a comment to BBC Ukraine, military expert and publicist Mikhail Zhirokhov expressed doubt that it would be possible to obtain serviceable armored vehicles from Russia. "We took all the working tanks in June 2014 and have already restored them. Those that were in storage remained. At least the battalion set of BTR-80 and BMP-2 remained, but, according to my information, they were included in the Russian army. since the spring of 2014, and how they are going to return them is absolutely unclear, "he said.

There is an expression: "If you want to ruin a poor country, then give it an old cruiser" Andrey Tarasenko, military expert

Another Ukrainian expert, the head of the Btvt.info portal, Andriy Tarasenko, in an interview with the BBC Russian Service, said that replenishment in the form of old tanks and armored personnel carriers requiring major repairs is unlikely to significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army. "The technique would be useful, but it would not change anything, would not affect the situation as a whole. Of course, it is possible to restore them, this is not a problem, there are no extra tanks, but to say that this will be a great gift is not entirely correct," - he said.

According to the Ukrainian expert, there are now about 1,500 tanks in storage in the country, which can be returned to service after a major overhaul. At the same time, according to him, the Ukrainian army already has up to 800 combat-ready tanks.

Mikhail Zhirokhov believes that artillery systems are of great value for the Ukrainian army. In Crimea, in particular, up to two divisions of Hyacinth-B howitzers may remain. "The artillery in Crimea was all stored in a fairly good condition, it is quite fit for restoration and, due to the wear and tear of the barrels, which we cannot yet produce, it is extremely necessary for the needs of the army," he said.

As for aviation, then, according to Zhirokhov, the remaining aircraft were in good condition: “The Russians did not return the latest MiG-29 for repair, the most modern L-39M1, transport An-12, An-72, helicopters that were on repair in Sevastopol. Each unit of aviation equipment is very important to us - in the sense that there are no opportunities for the production of combat aircraft from scratch in Ukraine - only restoration and modernization, "he said.

One of the founders of the Vostok Brigade, an armed formation loyal to the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, seriously fears that armored vehicles from Crimea may end up in a combat zone in eastern Ukraine.

“I would not talk about the readiness to return the trash left by Ukraine in the Crimea out loud, because we, in Donbass, immediately have an idea: how long will this iron be patched up and used against us? We, you know, not too recently are inclined to distinguish just words from words with intentions - we are getting dumber on the sly in this war, excuse me, "he wrote on his Facebook.

I would not talk about the readiness to return the trash left by Ukraine in the Crimea out loud, because we, in the Donbass, immediately have a thought: how long will this iron be patched up and used against us? Alexander Khodakovsky, founder of the Vostok Brigade in the DPR

Does Ukraine need a fleet?

It is also difficult to judge the condition of the ships of the Ukrainian Navy that remained in Crimea due to the lack of information about their technical condition.

According to Taras Chmut, the Ukrainian sailors themselves damaged the ships when they left them. "Ukrainian crews damaged ships and boats in order to make their further operation by the Russians impossible. A little later, the ships were subjected to targeted plundering by Ukrainian traitorous sailors and the Russian military. Subsequently, Russia mothballed all ships," he said.

The ships would be worth picking up in order to restore over time, and then very selectively. But this is not a question for today or even tomorrow, because it requires colossal funds Mikhail Zhirokhov, military expert

At the same time, as Mikhail Zhirokhov said, some of the ships were repaired by the Russian authorities and are of interest to Ukraine.

"Ships are needed, of course, as sailors, especially since the Russians took the most modern ships - they should have been taken away in order to restore over time, and then very selectively. But this is not a question for today and not even for tomorrow, because it requires colossal funds that today we clearly cannot invest in the fleet - there are more pressing problems. "

Other experts note that in Ukraine there is no infrastructure for the basing of more or less large naval forces, and if Russia returned all the ships, this would require large investments, not only in the restoration of the ships themselves.

Andriy Tarasenko agrees with him: “There is an expression:“ If you want to ruin a poor country, give it an old cruiser. ”We understand that Ukraine has no chances in sea battles, and this is just a pulling away of funds from more pressing needs.

Editorial response

The Russian side is ready to continue to transfer to Ukraine the military equipment remaining in Crimea. The return process began immediately after the annexation of the peninsula to Russia in March 2014. Now the equipment remaining on the peninsula is in a deplorable state.

What happened?

In Crimea, there are still warships, aviation equipment, armored vehicles. According to the President of Russia, the cars are "in a deplorable state."

- 40 main battle tanks T-64B;

- 74 BMP-2;

- 60 BTR-70;

- 45 BTR-80;

- 20 BMP-1;

- 25 BTR-60;

- 30 MT-LB;

- 9 ATGM 9P149 Shturm-S (one battery);

- 24 units 120-mm mortars 2S12 "Sani";

- 12 units 122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika (division);

- 18 units. 122 mm MLRS BM-21 Grad (division);

- 18 units. 122 mm D-30 towed howitzers (division);

- 18 units. 152-mm towed guns 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" (division).

- 2 launchers SCRC "Rubezh".

As well as various special equipment, communications and air defense, maintenance vehicles, a significant amount of small arms and ammunition and other property.

- 51 ships. Among them:

- two small anti-submarine ships (corvettes) of project 1124M ("Lutsk" and "Ternopil"),

- Project 12412 small anti-submarine ship (corvette) "Khmelnitsky",

- Project 12411T missile boat "Pridneprovye",

- missile boat of project 206MR "Priluki",

- control ship "Slavutich",

- control ship "Donbas",

- tugboat "Korets",

- two sea minesweepers of project 266M ("Chernigov" and "Cherkasy"),

- Project 1258E road minesweeper "Genichesk",

- Project 775 large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky"

- Project 1124P patrol ship (corvette) "Vinnitsa",

- Project 773 Kirovograd medium landing ship,

- diesel-electric submarine of project 641 U01 "Zaporozhye",

- fire-fighting boat "Borshchiv" and others.

According to UNIAN, by mid-April 2014, Russia transferred 389 units of military equipment to Ukraine, including 8 helicopters and 3 warships.

There is no exact data on how much Ukrainian military equipment is left in Crimea at present in open sources.

By May 2014, Ukraine had removed from Crimea more than 2 thousand units of weapons and military equipment, including: aviation equipment - 75 units, ships - 32 units, automotive equipment - 1341 units, rocket and artillery weapons 120 units, armored vehicles - 121 units , communications equipment - 201 units, operational support equipment - 302 units, logistics equipment - 400 units, RIA Novosti reported.

On March 25, 2015, the newspaper "Military Industrial Courier" wrote that "almost all of the armored vehicles were transferred," 43 of the 72 ships and vessels of the Ukrainian Navy were returned.

2018 year

Today, several dozen units of Ukrainian military equipment remain on the territory of Crimea, RBC reports.

- several infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, T-64 tanks and a division of one of the old versions of the S-300 air defense system.

- 7 MiG-29 fighters, 2 MiG-29UB combat training fighters and 3 L-39M1 combat training aircraft.

- 17 support vessels and warships of the Ukrainian Navy. Among them are the submarine "Zaporozhye", the large landing craft "Konstantin Olshansky", the minesweepers "Chernigov" and "Cherkassy", as well as the corvettes "Ternopil", "Khmelnitsk" and "Dnieper".

According to russian President Vladimir Putin, in the Crimea there is also "significant ammunition" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It cannot be transported, it must be destroyed on the spot. "We are ready to invite the Ukrainian military to take part in the disposal of these ammunition", - quotes the words of the President of the Russian Federation "Gazeta.ru".

Why is Ukraine not taking military equipment from Crimea?

“It was not hard to assume that. The naval forces of Ukraine (mostly naval equipment remained in Crimea) are actually "paper" forces, they are practically nonexistent. The navy is not involved. It is commanded by a tanker by education ( head of the Ukrainian Navy Igor Voronchenko - approx. ed.). How do you imagine that a former tankman is in command of the naval forces? Ukraine has no opportunity to repair anything. The flagship of the Ukrainian fleet "Getman Sagaidachny" came out of repair, and his engine immediately flew. So if Ukraine takes away its military equipment, what will it do with it? They have no money to get this equipment back on line. And they don't want to spend money on its disposal either. They don't want to do this. They will better "cut" the military budget, which they are doing successfully. But hotly discussing the situation around this technique is beneficial to them. Although Europe is already tired of Ukraine. The equipment that remained in Crimea is causing the next screams. To pick it up - one of the reasons for these screams will disappear, "- told AiF.ru military expert, director of the Center for Strategic Conjuncture Ivan Konovalov.