About the beginning of armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine and the conditions under which Russia was able to Annex the Ukrainian Crimea said at a meeting of the Committee of national security and defense, the representative of the Main Directorate of intelligence of the MOA Vadim Skibitsky.

His report was based on the consolidated information collected by the SBU, border guards and other intelligence agencies with the involvement of the NSDC, reports Цензор.НЕТ.

"Russia with its actions showed a disregard for the principles and norms of international law, showed disrespect to the territorial integrity of Ukraine," said Skibitsky.

"The armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine was in advance planned and carefully prepared by the special operation, in fact, her training began immediately after the collapse of the USSR", - said the representative of the defence intelligence of the Ministry of defense.

The main stages of activation of claims of the Russian Federation in Crimea began with the declared Ukraine concerning possible membership in NATO.

"A test for the international community to the possibility of violation of norms of international law Russia's armed aggression against Georgia in 2008. On the slide shows the main directions of attacks of the Russian troops. It also shows the grouping of Russian troops, which were designed for war on the territory of Georgia.

At the time this aggression has not received proper assessment from the Western democratic world, and therefore the response of the international community was disproportionately weak. Moreover, over time, Western countries and NATO has stepped up cooperation with Russia on many issues. It should be noted that during the war in Georgia worked out in full all the elements of a future hybrid war against Ukraine. Here create a propaganda image of the enemy among the Russian-speaking population to neutralize the interference of Western countries at the expense of the so-called operation "peace Enforcement," said Skibitsky.

In 2004, training continued over the establishment of Russian control over the South-East of Ukraine. After a personal defeat for Putin in the scenario of federalization of Ukraine during the Orange revolution in 2004, Russian security services stepped up the West with the creation of a powerful intelligence network in the South-East of Ukraine. Was given kind of carte Blanche some social movements and political parties in Ukraine.

"After the introduction by Russia of changes in the new Constitution foreign policy involving the preservation of Ukraine in the Russian zone of influence, began the most active preparations for the annexation of Crimea. By tacit consent of the then Ukrainian government was in full swing work on the deployment of active anti-Ukrainian activities of radical movements and parties in Crimea. The signing by Yanukovych in 2010, the so-called Kharkiv agreements has led to the fact that Russia for a short time was able to modernize its forces in Crimea, in particular the ship composition and aviation group", - said Skibitsky.

There has also been a build-up of combat capabilities of the connected parts of the southern military district of Russia and on the border with Ukraine, Russia has fulfilled the practical application of the Armed forces.

According to Gur, in September 2013 was held a joint doctrine of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus under the name "Zapad 2013". This is the doctrine for the first time in history was held and played the situation of application of regional grouping of troops not in combat operations against the regular forces of neighboring countries, and against large groups of illegal armed formations.

On the slide the design of this teaching. The group consisted of about 23 thousand soldiers, 600 units of armored vehicles and 10 units of tonnage, that were used against the so-called Kaliningrad region of the scenario and about 60 aircraft.

On the territory of the North Caucasus in the southern military district has focused a significant grouping of the Armed forces and other groups. The total number amounted to 73 thousand people from 12 thousand soldiers. The rest are employees of the Ministry of internal Affairs, FSB, Ministry of emergency situations and other security agencies. In fact, this grouping was later used for the occupation and annexation of Crimea. 

МБФ "СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ" / ICF "GLORY TO UKRAINE" / FIB "GLOIRE À L'UKRAINE"