"Crimea is Ukraine. It means a lot for the ones who are occupied that others don't recognize this as Russian."

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.

  • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Because it isn’t a reasonable question, it is a russian propaganda question that leads to “but they voted to join Russia” which you then need to counter further with “with literal soldiers standing there and checking your ballot for the right answer”.