REPORT: US To Recognize Crimea As Part Of Russia

CNN reports:

The Trump administration is ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of the US proposal to drive an end to the war with Ukraine, an official familiar with the framework told CNN on Friday.

Crimea, southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since it was illegally annexed in 2014. Four other Ukrainian regions – Donetsk and Luhansk in the east and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south – have also been partially occupied by Russia since its full-scale invasion in 2022.

There has been no immediate comment from Kyiv but the suggestion the US could recognize Russian control of Crimea is unlikely to be welcomed – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in March that his government would not recognize any occupied territories as Russian, calling that a “red line.”

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Trump’s Putin fellating regime ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of framework to end Ukraine war. That’s like saying Texas is part of Mexico. This will work out well. https://t.co/kuUuU3c8Al

— Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) April 19, 2025