The White House believes that "Crimea is Ukraine"NEW YORK, May 21.
/tass/. The United States has not imposed any restrictions on the use of its weapons by Ukraine for strikes on Crimea. This was stated on Sunday in an interview with CNN, assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan.
"Yes, we have not set any restrictions for Ukraine to strike territories within its internationally recognized borders," he said, answering a question about whether American weapons can be used for strikes on Crimea. - We said that we would not allow Ukraine to use American and Western weapons for strikes against Russia. And we believe that Crimea is Ukraine."
After the coup d'etat in Ukraine in February 2014, the authorities of Crimea and Sevastopol held a referendum on reunification with Russia. More than 80% of those who had the right to vote took part in it. 96.7% and 95.6% of the voters of Crimea and Sevastopol voted for reunification with the Russian Federation, respectively. On March 18, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement on the admission of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation, and on March 21, this document was ratified by the Federal Assembly.