Ukraine's president says 1991 borders must be recognised - adviser
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[March 17, 2022]
LVIV,
Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's president has not altered his position
that the international borders in place when the Soviet Union collapsed
in 1991 must continue to be recognised, a presidential adviser said on
Thursday. |
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a video address to
senators and members of the House of Representatives gathered in the
Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium at the U.S. Capitol in
Washington, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/Pool |
Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 but the
region is still regarded by the United Nations as part of
Ukraine. Russia has also recognised declarations of independence
by two self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine which rose
up against Kyiv's rule in 2014.
Those two areas and Crimea were part of Ukraine when it declared
independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said repeatedly
since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 that he will not
compromise on his country's "territorial integrity."
"His main position has not changed," Oleksiy Arestovych, an
adviser to Zelenskiy, said on national television. "We will
never give up our national interests."
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Writing by Alessandra Prentice,
Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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