Kyiv, 8 March 2014 – during a press briefing at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, Lesya Orobets, MP, said that the Crimea occupation is no longer only the Ukrainian problem, that it concerns the whole world. ‘The outbreak of the situation has unveiled the fact that the global collective security system doesn’t work’, she stated.
In this regard, Ms. Orobets highlighted the following major threats that Ukraine, as well as the rest of the world, is facing today:
– The threat of nuclear proliferation. ‘The threat of nuclear proliferation has never been higher. In the past, one could rely on certain written guarantees, whereas today, if Ukraine is left alone to deal with this trouble, each country that is not a member of the Nuclear Club will receive a clear message: the only way to protect its security and territorial integrity is nuclear weapons’, commented Ms. Orobets.
– Threats to the economic restoration. According to Ms. Orobets, the situation in Crimea has already affected long-term investment projects, and further escalation of the conflict will cause the governments of a number of European countries to consider increasing their military budgets at the cost of cutting social and development projects.
– The threat of humanitarian disaster. ‘Already now, the Crimean residents are asking themselves a question if they should leave the region’, explained Ms. Orobets.
– The problem of Crimean Tatars who fear another mass expulsion from Crimea, which is their motherland.
– The problem of ensuring security for the Ukrainian military men based in Crimea. According to Lesya Orobets, it is necessary today to deal with the security of Ukrainian military men in Crimea, since enormous pressure in now being exerted by Russia to make them break the oath of faithfulness to Ukraine.
‘Today the world needs to find a new formula and launch a viable collective security system’, summarized Ms. Orobets.
Lesya Orobets is a Member of Ukrainian Parliament, member of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivschyna, candidate for Mayor of Kyiv.
