Crimea's acting head of administration, Sergei Aksyonov, on Saturday ruled out the possibility of the peninsula ever becoming part of Ukraine again.
"Crimea will never again be part of Ukraine. That is undoubtedly a thing of the past. We have the Crimean self-defense force, it is due to receive official status on Wednesday and will stand ready to fulfill any orders from the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Federation," Aksyonov told reporters.
