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- ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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- ukraine@sopuli.xyz
The European Union will never recognize the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula as legally Russian, the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on April 22.
Kallas’ comments come in response to reports that the recognition of Crimea as Russian territory is being considered as part of a U.S.-backed proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
“Crimea is Ukraine,” Kallas told the AFP.
The “referendum” they conducted was not at all an accurate representation of the resident’s opinions.
Are you trying to say that you trust literally any electoral mechanisms administered by Russia at this point?
They didn’t say anything they asked a question
Also known as JAQing off
And more broadly, the tactic is known as sealioning, and is a tactic commonly used by bad-faith actors.