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.
What does the people living in Crimea want?
Hard to know for sure since polls and elections conducted by the Russian government are about as reliable as my cats’ reporting on whether or not there’s food in their bowls.
Most likely, the majority consider themselves Ukrainian but are too oppressed by the occupying forces for their voices to be heard.
As a Tatar whose grandparents were driven away from Crimea in ethnic cleansing conditions by Russia; I wouldnt want Russia to control there.
but again maybe i have a bit of personal bias idk