“If we do it [признаем де-юре Крым российским]what they offer to do [американцы]This will be a shy bomb that will explode and explode all the time. Red lines are installed so that they are not crossed, ”he explained.
Nauceda emphasized that first of all, the Crimea should be asked from Ukraine itself, which was attacked by the aggressor of the Russian Federation and which suffered the greatest losses and destruction.
He also supported the position of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, who repeatedly declared that he did not recognize Crimea by the Russian.
“I understand him perfectly. I understand that only such a position will be understood by the people of Ukraine,” the President of Lithuania added.
Context
Russia occupied Crimea after blocking the Ukrainian military units and an illegal referendum on March 16, 2014. The “accession” of the peninsula to the Russian Federation is not recognized by Ukraine and most other countries.
The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly stated that they were tuned to the de -Ukrainian territories captured by 2014, including Crimea. Special representative of US President Donald Trump in Ukraine Keith Kellogue said that the occupied Ukrainian territories de jure do not belong to Russia.
On April 19, Bloomberg, citing sources, wrote that the United States is ready to recognize Russia's control over Ukrainian Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Trump later said that he believes that Zelensky’s statements about the non -recognition of Crimea by Russian territory They are harmful to peace negotiations and he seems to understand that Crimea will be Russian.
On April 24, Financial Times, citing sources, wrote that the countries of the European Union will not agree to recognize Crimea by the Russian.
On April 25, Reuters published the full text of the US proposals on a peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, submitted to Europeans in Paris on April 17. It says that the United States legally recognize Crimea by Russian territory. At the same time, Ukraine, together with European partners, prepared a response document. In it They offer to postpone a detailed discussion of territorial issues before the conclusion of a ceasefire, not mentioning the recognition of Russian control over any territory of Ukraine.
On the same day, Zelensky said that Ukraine does not have enough weapons to return the Crimea temporarily occupied by the Russians.
