Turchynov: Ukraine was a naval power since the Zaporozhye Sech

History of the Ukrainian fleet originates from the times of Kievan Rus and Zaporozhye Sech, UNIAN statement of the Council of the Ukrainian National Security Secretary (SNBO) Oleksandr Turchynov.

Congratulating the Day of Navy sailors, Turchynov, that after the collapse of the USSR, Moscow tries to "prevent the approval of Ukraine as a viable sea power".

According to him, sailors, remaining faithful to the oath after the events in Crimea, "Worthy of continued to do their duty" and, together with other parts of the APU prevented Moscow plans to destroy independent Ukraine.

Currently, the national fleet reborn "in new places and location based on the mainland", He added Turchinov.

he reported, that over the years the ATO (From) in the Donbas killed 51 soldiers of the Navy, wounded 488 sailors.

Earlier on Sunday congratulated the personnel of the Navy and President Poroshenko.

He thanked sailors for the "courage and heroism" and expressed confidence that, that the maritime glory of Ukraine jointly be "reactivated and multiply". A peak of glory will be the moment, when the state flags of Ukraine once again "zamayachat coils Ukrainian Sevastopol".

Poroshenko periodically makes statements about the return of the Crimean peninsula. At the beginning of June, eg, He congratulated the residents of the "Ukrainian" Sevastopol City Day and promised in the near future to raise the flag of Ukraine there.

Then many subscribers President laughed at his post and offered to come to Sevastopol, to talk to people and make sure that simple truth: "Crimea was, Russia is and will be ".