US President Donald Trump claimed that the Crimea, which is internationally recognized in Ukraine, will “stay with Russia”. Potus even claimed that the disputed territory was “handed over” to Russia by former President Barack Obama.
“Crimea will stay with Russia,” Trump said in an interview with Time on Friday. “He understands it,” he continued, adding, “And everyone understands that it has been with them for a long time.”
Trump’s big snub to Ukraine
Asked if Russia should keep Crimea, Donald Trump further claimed that the strategically significant peninsula was handed over to Vladimir Putin led by the nation Barack Obama.
“Trump didn’t give it. It would be from me as if it was taken from Obama? No, it wouldn’t happen. Crimea, if I were president, it wouldn’t be taken,” Donald Trump said during his interview.
Why is Crimea important?
Donald Trump Crimea comes in the middle of the continuing tension in the Crimea, a strategically important peninsula on the Black Sea, which in 2014 was attached in 2014 during the administration of President Barack Obama, years before the invasion of full -scale, which began in 2022.
How did the Crimea become a point of dispute?
Trump allegedly pushed Zlensky to recognize the Russian claim to Crimea in a peace agreement on US mediation aimed at dealing with an ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Why is it green in the Crimea
However, he remained persistent and claimed that Ukraine would never give up on the peninsula. He was adamant that he had no power to give up Crimea and said, “There is nothing to talk about. It’s against our constitution,” the BBC said.
What does the constitution of Ukraine say?
Any change in the territory of Ukraine must go to the national referendum that the Ukrainian parliament must enable. Article 2 of the Constitution states that the sovereignty of Ukraine “expands all over his territory”, which “within its current border is indivisible and inviolable,” the BBC said.
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