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It is perfectly reasonable to accept the reality that for an indefinite period of time parts of Ukraine will be under illegal Russian occupation,
That didn’t prevent détente, or even a negotiated end to the Cold War,
Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory,
There is nothing to talk about. It is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,
All of our partners and allies at the time said that we should not provoke Russia, that they, together with the Ukrainian state, would definitely find forms and ways to resolve this crisis. I am quoting what they told me when I was in the occupied Crimea,
Those who reproach us for not resisting should recall the cowardly position of their own states, which acted as guarantors of the security of the Ukrainian state under the Budapest Memorandum
he told Euronews, referring to the US as one of the signatories of the memorandum Because then there would be pogroms, would be very tragic events, and they would not be able to help civilians,
If the president of the United States somehow officially calls Crimea Russian territory, it would be a great excuse for Putin to get out of the mess he's in, and he would personally present it to Russian society as a huge victory,
This completely corresponds with our understanding, which we have been saying for a long time,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Trump’s remarks By questioning the principles of international law, by questioning the issue of Crimea’s status, we are opening a hell from which devils will crawl out that no one will contain,
There are various ways of looking at it, but until there is a final agreement, I would still classify it as speculation,
This will mean that the US’ influence and ability to set certain rules, which derive from its enormous hyper-power, will be dramatically diminished,
Crimea is Ukraine. For those under occupation, it's vital that others do not acknowledge it as Russian,
Then Russia will clearly get what it wants,