The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to write that “Crimea belongs Ukraine “, not on the Internet, but on the sand in Yalta. He stated this during the New Year’s address to citizens, reports RIA Novosti .
The Ukrainian leader recorded a video message with children, he expressed his hope for peace and the return to Kiev of the uncontrolled territories.
“I want not to say on (street) Bankova in Kiev that peace will come, but to say on (street) Artem in Donetsk that peace has come in Ukraine. And write that Crimea is Ukraine not on the Internet, but on the sand on the beach in Yalta, “he said in Ukrainian.
After that, Zelensky switched to Russian: “I know that Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea now, in every sense of the word, live in a different time. And for almost an hour on TV you were told that the New Year has come. But I know that for almost an hour you have been waiting for us to celebrate the New Year together. As one family, as one people, as one country. Donbass and Crimea, set the clock back, be with us, “the president said.
Earlier press secretary of the head of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Yulia Mendel announced a big press conference for the second anniversary of his presidency.
Crimea was reunited with Russia after the March 2014 referendum, in which the majority of the residents of the peninsula who voted supported this decision. Kiev refused to recognize the results of the referendum. Russia insists that the accession procedure was in accordance with international law.