Putin Visits Crimea On Anniversary Of Annexation As Ukraine's Allies Condemn Action
By RFE/RLs Ukrainian Service March 18, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea on March 18 to mark the ninth anniversary of Russias annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine as allies of Kyiv in the fight against the Russian invasion issued statements condemning the annexation. Russian state TV showed a video of a casually dressed Putin walking with a group of officials in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine says it will fight to expel Russia from Crimea and all other territory that Russia has occupied in the year-long war.
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