KYIV – “Emphasizing the importance of upholding the fundamental principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, I would like to remind you of the illegal occupation of Ukrainian Crimea. We need greater OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] involvement in this issue,” Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran said during the online meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation on July 22.
The Ukrainian minister expressed his belief that Crimea-related sanctions “must stay in place until Russia returns control over the peninsula to Ukraine.”