Crimea ‘belongs to Ukraine’ insists Zelenskyy in rebuke to Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated that Crimea belongs to Ukraine and that he refuses to give up the region, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as part of any peace deal. This week, the Financial Times reported that the United States had proposed recognizing Crimea as officially part of Russia in a draft peace plan—an idea Zelenskyy firmly rejected, instead favoring an unconditional ceasefire. “Our position is unchanged: only...