The international community, including the European Union, reiterated its commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine on Monday 23 August in Kiev, at the first summit of the Crimean platform and on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence.
Representing the EU, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, all stressed that Crimea was Ukrainian. They called...