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The Crimean Tatar Battalion will be created within the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told Lenur Islyamov, the main coordinator of the civil blockade of Crimea, in Hromadske Radio live broadcast.
He also explained the position of activists of the Crimea blockade regarding their permission to connect one of the lines transmitting power to Crimea.
"We do not want the international community to turn away from Ukraine. Therefore, we have connected one line. We want everything to be legitimate," he said.
Islyamov also noted he has received more and more calls from the Crimean people asking him what Ukraine would do with them, should Crimea be returned to Ukraine.
"They say "We are traitors. What would happen to us? We voted for a referendum." We have received more and more such calls," Islyamov said.
Earlier, Islyamov said that the blockade activists considered the decree of the Ukrainian government on suspending commodity supplies to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to be inadequate. According to the activists, the provisions of the document provides for the possibility to deliver goods to Crimea for lucrative purposes.