UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley condemned Russia’s “aggressive actions” in eastern Ukraine on Thursday and warned Moscow that U.S. sanctions imposed after its annexation of Crimea will remain until the peninsula is returned to Ukraine.
Moscow has applauded Trump’s promises to rebuild U.S.-Russian relations, which have been pushed to their worst level since the Cold War, and Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin reacted calmly to Haley’s criticism saying he “detected quite a bit of change of tone.”
“The United States stands with the people of Ukraine who have suffered for nearly three years under Russian occupation and military interventions,” …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
