Diplomatic efforts to liberate Crimea could complement military ones - Ukraine official

Currently, none of the paths to liberating Russia-occupied Crimea is ruled out, while the diplomatic efforts could complement the military ones.

That’s according to the Deputy Head of the President’s Office, Ihor Zhovkva, who spoke in an interview with RFE/RL’s Crimea.Realities, Ukrinform reports.

"We can say that, for example, the diplomatic path can complement the military one. We can say that the fact that Crimea doesn’t disappear from the agenda of the international community allows, for example, helping our military in obtaining the appropriate weapons, which would allow us to de-occupy it. Therefore, there is a combination of ways," Zhovkva said, adding that the tactics and strategy for the liberation of Crimea must not be revealed not to help the aggressor.

The official added that currently, none of the ways to liberate Crimea is ruled out.

As reported by Ukrinform, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that the U.S. sees Crimea as a territory of Ukraine that Russia transformed into a huge military base, and that Washington will not object if Kyiv attacks Russian military facilities located on the peninsula.