“Crimea will remain in Russia. He understands it, and everyone understands that with them for a long time. It was with them long before Trump came,” Trump told the journal, reporting agencies, reports Al Jazeera.
Powerful support for the Russian position came a few days after Ukrainian President Volodimir said Green would never recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea, which caused Trump’s harsh criticisms of the Ukrainian leader.
Trump accused Zelenia to extend the “field of death” in Ukraine because of his rejection, but then said that “no one asks Zelenia to admit the crime as Russian territory.”
Crimea is an internationally recognized strategic peninsula as Ukrainian territory.
Russia occupied him in 2014. year as the former President Barack Obama was in power, eight years before Kremlin launched his great offensive in Ukraine.
The next American administration, including the first Trump, refused to recognize Russian sovereignty over the territory.
“Crimea went to the Russians. He was committed by Barack Hussein Obama, not me. In this relationship, he had their own years ago,” Trump told him. “It would be taken away from me as he was taken away from Obama? No, that would not happen. Crimea, if I were the president, he wouldn’t take away. “
In the article, he stated that the Trump Peace plan implied that Ukraine hand over approximately 20 percent of its territory to Russia, although it is not clear whether it is based on president’s statements or another source.
(Vijesti.ba)
