Ukrainian President Calls Crimea 'Without Civilization and Infrastructure'
(Baonghean.vn) - Speaking to the press, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky declared that, under the Ukrainian legislature, Crimea has no civilization or infrastructure.
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| Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky speaks to the press on October 10. Photo: TASS |
"Let's be honest once: Who regularly likes to go to Crimea for vacation? We understand that there is no civilization and infrastructure there," President Zelensky told reporters.
President Zelensky added that "the current situation in Crimea is very complicated", and "everything depends on the people living there".
On the other hand, the Ukrainian leader asserted: "We love Crimea, because Crimea belongs to us. Coming to Crimea is also because of love for the peninsula".
Nearly 1 million Ukrainian tourists flock to Crimea
(Baonghean.vn) - The Tourism and Sports Committee of the Crimean Parliament said that in the first 10 months of 2019, nearly 1 million Ukrainian tourists chose and came to Crimea for vacation and sightseeing.
Following the coup in Ukraine in February 2014, the authorities of Crimea and Sevastopol held a referendum on joining Russia, and received more than 97% of the voters' votes in favor.
On March 18, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the annexation of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation, and this document was approved by the Russian Parliament on March 21, 2014.
Not recognizing the results of the referendum, since 2014 Kiev has refused to recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
