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The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Rachel Savage in Pretoria

Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as Russian

Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a lectern in front of Ukraine and South African flags.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa during a visit that he cut short after the assault on Kyiv. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could not accept US recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea as he visited South Africa, while both he and Donald Trump criticised a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv.

Though he did not mention Crimea – the contested Black Sea peninsula occupied by Russia since spring 2014 – by name, Ukraine’s president diplomatically returned to the topic a day after Trump accused him of intransigence on the issue.

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