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Irish Times: Russia mocks US call to return Crimea to Ukraine

By Irish Times.

Published July 27, 2018 at 11:09 am

A person waves a Russian national flag and a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin as they celebrate the third anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation in Sevastopol on March 18, 2017.

Photo by AFP

Ukraine and its European allies have welcomed a US pledge never to recognize Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, while Russia mocked Washington for living in a “different reality”.

The declaration from secretary of state Mike Pompeo was seemingly intended to ease concern over US president Donald Trump’s views on Ukraine and what he discussed with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki earlier this month.