CITYSHOTS: Views of Crimea as Trump considers recognising Crimea as Russian territory, Semafor reports

Record ID: 1985474

  • Title: CITYSHOTS: Views of Crimea as Trump considers recognising Crimea as Russian territory, Semafor reports
  • Date: 18th March 2025
  • Summary: SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA (FILE - APRIL 24, 2023) (REUTERS) MONUMENT TO THE SUNKEN SHIPS BOAT SAILING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE FISHING ON WATERFRONT FLOWE RBED IN FRONT OF LUNACHARSKY THEATRE PEOPLE WALKING PAST FLOWER BEDS FLOWER BED NEAR WATERFRONT VARIOUS OF FLOWERS BY WATERFRONT MONUMENT TO THE SUNKEN SHIPS SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA (FILE - JUNE 24, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RESTIN
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  • Keywords: Crimea Putin Russia Trump Ukraine Ukraine crisis United States Zelenskiy annexation cityshots
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: Crimea
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA002728608032025RP1
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  • Story Text:The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering recognising Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as Russian territory in a future peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, the Semafor news website reported on Monday (March 17).
    Semafor, citing two people familiar with the matter, said U.S. officials had also discussed the possibility of having Washington urge the United Nations to do the same.
    Semafor said Trump had not formally made any decisions, and that the possible Crimea moves were two of various options being floated.
    It said the White House had declined comment and Reuters could not independently confirm the report.
    Crimea is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine by most countries, and Kyiv has said it wants the Black Sea Peninsula back even though it has recognised that returning it by force is unrealistic for now.
    The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Crimea, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based and whose pre-annexation population was mostly Russian speakers, is already formally part of Russia, a question it says has been closed "forever."
    U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (March 18) in an attempt to convince his counterpart to accept a ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine and move toward a more permanent end to the three-year conflict.
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