Presence of Russian leadership in Crimea unacceptable – Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

14:45, 12.08.2014 1 min read

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called unacceptable the intention to hold in Crimea a meeting of the top Russian leadership with the participation of President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky has said.

"Crimea is illegally occupied. The presence of the Russian leadership there is unacceptable. This is a clear and unambiguous position of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry," he said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.