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Former U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo warned against recognizing Russia\u2019s sovereignty over Crimea and other Ukrainian territories seized by force, calling it “a mistake of epic proportions” during remarks at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa on May 31.<\/p>\n

Pompeo acknowledged frustrations over the current front lines but cautioned against ceding Ukrainian land to Russia. “I get the frustration \u2026 I\u2019m not naive about what\u2019s physically possible in this moment, but that doesn\u2019t mean one should go and say, ‘and we are giving up for all time,'” he said, according to The Hill<\/a>. “This is one of the things I hope to communicate.”<\/p>\n

The remarks come as the Trump administration considers granting Russia de jure recognition over territories it occupies in Ukraine<\/a> as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine is under pressure to agree to a ceasefire without regaining all of its territory, but Kyiv is urging allies not to legitimize Russian control over occupied regions.<\/p>\n

“Crimea will stay with Russia. And (President Volodymyr) Zelensky understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time,” U.S. President Donald Trump \u00a0said in interview with Time<\/a> magazine on April 22. <\/p>\n

Trump has been pushing<\/a> both sides for a peace deal to end the war at all costs, threatening to walk away if there is no progress made in the near future. Trump’s recent messages suggest that he started growing impatient with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. <\/p>\n

On May 28, \u00a0Trump said<\/a> that the United States would soon find out whether Putin is genuinely interested in ending the war in Ukraine, cautioning that if Moscow is merely stalling, Washington would “respond a little bit differently.” <\/p>\n

In Odesa, Pompeo reiterated his 2018 Crimea Declaration<\/a>, issued during Trump\u2019s first term, in which the U.S. rejected Russia\u2019s claims to Ukrainian territory captured by force. <\/p>\n

While Trump has since distanced himself from Pompeo, the former secretary said he continues to make the case on Capitol Hill for maintaining the declaration. He named Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal supporter of Ukraine<\/a>, as one of the allies he spoke to during his visit to Ukraine. <\/p>\n

“There are many in my party, the Republican party, that have disappointed me deeply and have said things that are inconsistent with what I think are the deep American interests that we have here,” Pompeo said. He added, “But I think they all also know, that, in the end, there\u2019s no walking away from this for the United States.” <\/p>\n

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Could Ukraine have stopped Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014?<\/div>\n
Russia built up its military presence in Crimea for decades, allowing it to swiftly capture the peninsula amid revolution in Ukraine.<\/div>\n
\"PompeoThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Kateryna Hodunova<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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