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TexasTowelie

(120,264 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:02 PM 9 hrs ago

Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea - CNN

President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for his comments that Ukraine wouldn’t recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.”

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Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie 9 hrs ago OP

Well, so much for security assurances from the good 'ol USA blue-wave 9 hrs ago #1

Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #2

blue-wave

(4,626 posts)

1. Well, so much for security assurances from the good 'ol USA

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:18 PM

9 hrs ago

Like the assurances given in the Budapest Memorandum.

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, involves agreements between Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the nuclear powers of the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom. It provided security assurances to these countries in exchange for their commitment to give up nuclear weapons and respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

Who in Europe is next in line for Russian annexation?

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,888 posts)

2. Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:52 PM

8 hrs ago

Link to tweet

Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which reads:

“The United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremin's claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force.”

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