Disinfo: US recognised Crimea as Russian

Summary

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented Crimea to Russia. He admitted that Crimea is now Russian territory and Ukraine cannot return it.

Disproof

This disinformation case spread amid a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Ukraine. In addition to official meetings, he held informal meetings with Ukrainian activists. During a meeting with Crimean representatives, the former deputy head of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, the representative of the Crimean Tatar people Emine Dzheppar, asked the White House to keep annexed Crimea insight of US foreign policy and categorically denies that Pompeo said anything about the impossibility of returning Crimea to Ukraine. The US Embassy in Ukraine also denied that Pompeo mentioned anything about Crimea being a lost cause. Moreover, at a press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pompeo emphasised that the United States of America will never recognise the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Pompeo also recalled that the United States fully supports the Crimea Declaration of 2018 on the non-recognition of the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Read similar cases that Crimea never belonged to Ukraine and that Crimea is now recognised as an integral part of Russia.

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  • Reported in: Issue 183
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 05/02/2020
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: Mike Pompeo, illegal annexation, Occupation, Crimean Tatars, Crimea
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Disproof

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Disproof

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Disproof

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