Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as Russian
by Dan Sabbagh and Rachel Savage in Pretoria from World news | The Guardian on (#6WV7V)
Ukraine president returns to topic on visit to South Africa after Trump accused him of jeopardising peace deal
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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