Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reaffirmed his position that the war in Ukraine will not end until Ukrainian forces take Crimea, which Russia has controlled since 2014.
“We cannot imagine Ukraine without Crimea. And while Crimea is under the Russian occupation, it means only one thing: the war is not over yet,” Zelensky told CNN in an interview taped on Sunday.
When asked if there was any scenario where there could be peace in Ukraine without Kyiv controlling Crimea, Zelensky said, “It will not be victory then.”
Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula following the 2014 US-backed coup in Kyiv that ousted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. A referendum at the time saw 97% of voters in Crimea favored joining the Russian Federation. The US and Ukraine dispute the results, but polling since then has shown that the people of Crimea are happy they joined Russia.
While Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have maintained taking Crimea as one of their war goals, the Pentagon has said the prospect is unlikely. To put the peninsula under threat of invasion, Ukrainian forces would need to regain a significant amount of territory to the north, and the counteroffensive is off to a slow start.
Crimea is also a major red line for Russian President Vladimir Putin, something Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged. If Russia’s control of the peninsula comes under threat, it could risk nuclear escalation.
Despite the risks, US officials have said they support Ukrainian attacks on Crimea. The Biden administration placed restrictions on the use of US weapons so Ukraine doesn’t use them to attack Russian territory, but the limits do not apply to Crimea, as the US does not recognize the peninsula as part of Russia.
Once a comedian, always a comedian.
And a great nation’s leader too.
You are so full of crap.. I’m guessing you get paid for your propaganda..
I don’t have to get paid to support Ukraine. I do it for free.
Do you get paid to support Putin’s propaganda? You do it for free too.
Once a comedian, always a comedian.
Not true but even if so, That comedian is ruin your parade.
Yee cats, where did you study bonehead English?
I was talking about you.
Yep, Julio has some fine ‘leaders’ to look up to like Biden, Blinken, Nuland and of course his buddy ‘Z’.
First: DRINK!
Second: how are you tankies doing mental gymnastics around Russia’s potential use of chemical weapons?
Lewisite (L) (A-243) is an organoarsenic compound. It was once manufactured in the U.S., Japan, Germany[2] and the Soviet Union[3] for use as a chemical weapon, acting as a vesicant (blister agent) and lung irritant. Although the substance is colorless and odorless in its pure form, impure samples of lewisite are a yellow, brown, violet-black, green, or amber oily liquid with a distinctive odor that has been described as similar to geraniums.[4][5][6]
You missed Sullivan. Don’t f that up. It’s the Intergalactic team who control the world. They even control Putin. They control you too.
Being aware of the Globalists and their agenda enables one to see things with a different perspective and vision. They can control many things but they can’t control your thoughts. There are very few political leaders that are worthy of respect and support as I believe that they are all driven by the desire to control others. It’s most likely all going to blow up soon so whether you support Ukraine or Russia, it doesn’t really matter as it appears we are headed for some type of Armageddon. Dead is dead regardless of who you support.
The collapse of Kiev
by Thierry Meyssan [Voltairenet]
It would be much better for NATO if they helped Kiev regime silently without PR. They painted themselves into a corner.
We’re better of without NATO!
No to NATO – https://www.no-to-nato.org/en/
Are you aware that Nazi war criminals became high ranking commanders in NATO after WW2?
Now how do you feel about NATO?
Yes, I know about that. NATO was always like this. They condemned the genocide of J but never condemned the genocide of Russians. They even introduced a special word Holocaust to distinguish the killed J civilians from killed Russian civilians . The message was: to kill J is bad, to kill Russian is good. Their main argument: Kiev regime is not Nazi because Zelensky is J. They never mention that in time of WW II, the number of killed Russian civilians was much greater than number of killed J.
Genocide of Russians? WTF?
Up to 60 million killed by Stalin not to mention the millions of Russians killed during WW2. I would think that qualifies as a holocaust. https://allthatsinteresting.com/how-many-people-did-stalin-kill
There is a problem. NATO is us. We hold the almighty dollar over NATO. When that dominance is diminished, or done. it is bye, bye.
To me it appears that the real problem is waging lie based wars for profit and going into debt to fund these wars of aggression which only serve the interests of the financial elite.
Times of peace are far more profitable for everyone except the war profiteers.
“We cannot imagine Ukraine without Crimea.”
(sure that is why you began attacking them in 2014 simply because they spoke the Russian language.)
97% of voters in Crimea favored joining the Russian Federation. The US and Ukraine dispute the results, but polling since then has shown that the people of Crimea are happy they joined Russia.
A recent trip to Crimea and St. Petersburg revealed the happiness of the people there to be a part of Russia. Again.
I remember Ukraine doing perfectly well without Zelensky back in the day’s before that dreaded EU association agreement.
The RF had offered Ukraine the better deal.
Let me let you down for a bit.
This was posted before by either Michael 64 or Skywalker.
https://youtu.be/EgjH_voWIG0
I’m just going to post this regularly.
what are you high? nobody said Russia did not attack Ukraine last year.
but your foolish video here does not change the fact that Ukraine forces literally attacked Crimea in 2014 and now Crimea is protected from Ukraine by Russia.
you should indeed post that foolish video regularly, if only to remind others here that sometimes you are a purposeful dimwit.
All Ukraine hardly can join Crimea but half of Ukraine can. Considering the historical background, it is easy to understand why. Western Ukraine and Crimea became parts of one state in 1939. Eastern Ukraine and Crimea became parts of one state in 1783.
Ukraine is the hidden gem of Europe
https://youtu.be/SUEL3MYQmRs
and Crimea is the ocean access to that
The richest soil in the world is in China not Ukraine…!
Not true. Google “chernozem” and “chernozem belt.”
Send this little POS to be with his lover, John McCain..
“We can’t imagine”…….
……yet.
It’s a good thing that politicians lie all the time or this guy’s pronouncement about Crimea might cause me concern.
Even our Secretary of Defe…er, I mean State, the honorable Antony Blinken (major /s) said Crimea is a red line for Russia.
One thing Mr. Blank doesn’t have is honor…!
Translation keep Russia occupied on the Ukrainian front. While the U.S. and its allies concentrate on slowing down BRICS nations bid for economic expansion and establishing a new world fiat currency. Guaranteeing to keep the dollars hegemony. Its not rocket science.
What Zelensky is really saying is he wants Ukraine to be Land Locked…!
Zelensky Says, Zelensky Wants, Zelensky Demands, Zelensky Blah Blah.
Action Man: Battlefield Casualties
https://youtu.be/8KtyMcb86go
Crimea under “Russia occupation”. Z needs to stick to playing the piano.
His war or rather the war of his masters will never end. Even decades after clean up operation of Ukraine is complete and all of Europe is liberated from Anglo-American occupation.
Zelensky Says War Won’t End Until He Runs Out of Cocaine