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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

US will not consider recognising Crimea as part of Russia, Blinken says

AP

After nearly a decade of war in the region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Crimea is still part of Ukraine and will not be on the table as a potential means of achieving a peaceful drawdown of tensions with Russia.

Mr Blinken made the comments on Sunday during an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation following another week of warnings from the Biden administration regarding the threat of a Russian invasion in Ukraine.

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