Why Zelensky can't and won't give up Crimea
February 2014 mysterious masked commandos in unidentified green uniforms seized the local parliament and fanned out across the peninsula.
Those "little green men" marked the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, which culminated in the 2022 full-scale invasion.
In the words of opposition MP Iryna Gerashchenko "territorial integrity and sovereignty is a red line for Ukraine and Ukrainians".
Trump made the point that "if [Volodymyr Zelensky] wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it 11 years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?"
Trump is correct that there is little chance of Ukraine regaining Crimea in the foreseeable future, and it is in reality - de facto - under Russian control. But that is a far cry from recognising it as legal.
If a landgrab unrecognised by the international community is approved by the US as legal, what would that mean for international law and the principles of the UN charter?
BBC 24 April 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2x58m46e1o
Zelensky, Krim, De facto och De jure
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/zelensky-krim-de-facto-och-de-jure.html
Krim är pärlan som båda sidor vägrar ge upp – precis som för 170 år sedan
När ryska trupper efter Jerusalemgrälet 1853 marscherade in i Moldavien och Valakiet svarade turkarna med krigsförklaring.
Förhoppningen var att västmakterna skulle komma till undsättning. Så blev det.
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/europe-turns-blind-eye-to-erdogans.html
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