It is necessary to continue to insist that Crimea is Ukraine, just as Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukraine, and that every part of the currently occupied Ukrainian territory is Ukraine. This was stated by U.S. Secretary of State during the second Crimea Platform Summit.
According to Antony Blinken, this is the position that the United States pursued in both 2014 and 2022.
“We must keep raising the costs and international pressure on President Putin and his enablers until the rights of the Ukrainian people and their sovereign country are respected”, - the State Secretary said.
He added that it is necessary to continue efforts to strengthen humanitarian security and provide more support to Ukrainians, “as the United States has done, and will continue to do”.