"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.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    In case you’re asking this in good faith, Crimea has been the victim of Russian settler-colonialism, so the people livinh there are the invaders in a lot of cases.

    It’s like calling a referendum on Gaza conducted by Israel the will of the people.