It is probably no surprise that the recent comments by U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, including Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, have not been well received by Ukrainian politicians and analysts.
In a television interview Sunday with ABC News, Trump said “the people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.” He also said that, if elected president, he would “take a look at” recognizing the Black Sea peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as Russian territory.
Trump’s stance contradicts U.S. policy, which continues to …read more
Source: Voice of America
