According to Vice Admiral Haiduk, Russian troops that were later involved in the Crimea seizure got to the peninsula by air and sea, while no one coordinated their deployment with the Ukrainian Navy.
Teniukh pointed out that the process of "surrendering Crimea" to Russia began in 2010, with Yanukovych’s rise to power.
The United States is also concerned about repressions against those voicing opposition to Russia's occupation of Crimea.
After the indignation expressed by the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania and Ukraine, Euronews noted that the story was updated on January 24, 2018, to include detail of Russian annexation of Crimea.
The European Union’s policy on non-recognition of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea remains unchanged, Federica Mogherini, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said following the 4th session of the Ukraine-EU Association Council.
China’s growing military strength and a resurgent Russia will pose growing challenges to the trans-Atlantic alliance in coming years, and NATO’s moves to bolster its capabilities could trigger a new Cold War-style arms race, a NATO report said, according to Reuters.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, talking with Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung about the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, recalled the history of German unification, Korrespondent.net reports.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at its 26th annual summer session in Minsk held July 5-9 included in its final declaration two resolutions on Ukraine condemning Russia’s ongoing hybrid aggression, the organization’s press service has told UNIAN.