Kiev (dpa-AfX)-The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has confirmed that his country will not do without the Black Sea Peninsula Crimea annexed by Russia in 2014. “Ukraine will always act in accordance with its constitution, and we are absolutely certain that our partners – especially the USA – adhere to their strong decisions,” said Selenskyj in a message published by Telegram and on platform X. To this end, he stuck the declaration of Crimea of the United States from 2018, in which Russia is asked to withdraw from the Crimea, which belongs to Ukraine under international law.
Selenskyj admitted that it was a day when the emotions hit up. At the same time, he praised that there were talks between representatives of Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany in London to bring peace closer. “We are grateful to our partners,” said Selenskyj.
Russia calls for the waiver of Ukraine in areas
Russia, which was not represented, calls for Ukraine to do without the Crimea and four other regions – as a way to close peace in the war that Moscow has been leading against the neighboring country for more than three years. In the interview of the French magazine “Le Point”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow said that the Ukrainian troops had to withdraw from the areas incorporated by Russia if Kiev wanted Frieden with Moscow.
US President Donald Trump accuses Selenskyj of unnecessarily extending the war with Russia with his attitude. Selenskyj’s refusal to accept the occupation of Crimea by the Russians is “very harmful to the peace negotiations,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Russia had annexed the Crimea in 2014 after the fall of Ukrainian President Viktor Janukowitsch under international protest ./mau/dp/he