US Charge d’Affaires in Ukraine Christina Queen said that Washington supports Kiev’s strategy to “return” the Crimean peninsula, Interfax writes.
“We know more needs to be done to hold Russia accountable, and therefore the United States strongly supports the Crimean Platform, and we will work closely with the Ukrainian government to support it”, Kvin said at the founding forum of the Crimean Platform expert network.
According to her, Washington is of the opinion that the peninsula was “illegally occupied.” Kvin added that the United States will continue to talk about Russia’s violations in Crimea and use sanctions pressure against Moscow.
The Crimean Platform will begin its activities at the summit on August 23, 2021. Kiev is trying to give the event an international dimension: high-ranking officials from different countries are invited to the summit. Contrary to the expectations of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his American counterpart Joe Biden refused to attend the summit.