Paweł Kowal, Head of the Polish Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, which advises Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government on Ukraine, has warned that US President Donald Trump risks making a "historical mistake" if his negotiations to end the war in Ukraine result in Washington recognising Russia's claims to Crimea and other occupied territories. Kowal noted that there is a clear difference between "provisional solutions" to end the fighting in Ukraine and fulfilling "Russian expectations to recognise Crimea, Donbas or other parts of Ukraine [as Russia], which would be a historical mistake". "Russia, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, recognised Ukraine with their borders, also including Crimea and Donbas, and that’s the basis of the rules of international law.
Author: Iryna Kutielieva, Roman Petrenko
Published at: 2025-04-06 21:28:40
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