( NLDO ) - U.S. and EU has strongly condemned en masse Crimea first
visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Russian peninsula
merged into its territory in March .
The U.S. State Department said that Putin's trip was " provocative and
unnecessary " , while Kiev authorities are calling the move a " serious
violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine " .
Meanwhile , Putin praised the Crimea back to Russia while merging
speech celebrating the victory of the Red Army before the Nazis during
the Second World War .
Putin's visit to Crimea " provoke " the U.S. and EU
Mr. Putin to Crimea in the context of both the new deadly conflict occurred in southeastern Ukraine. Minister
of Internal Affairs of Ukraine - Arsen Avakov - he said at least 20
gunmen breakaway pro-Russian and Ukraine official killed in clashes in
the port of Mariupol . According
to the Government of Ukraine , there was a gun battle while the
pro-Russian forces tried to overrun a police station in Ukraine . However, some local witnesses to assert Ukraine 's security forces
opened fire on the unarmed pro-Russian as they entered the police
building .
Mariupol police building in flames . Source : Reuters
Crime
has conducted a referendum to join Russia in March - a move that was
for both the U.S. and the West is not legitimate and rejected . Currently,
the pro-Russian separatist forces both Ukraine 's eastern Donetsk and
Luhansk are also plans to hold a referendum on Sunday 11-5 . This force is still very much in control of two buildings in this area despite the efforts of the Kiev military . There were dozens of people were killed in unrest , fighting between the two sides .
The
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Putin's trip was "
provocative and unnecessary " and emphasized " Crimea belongs to Ukraine
and we do not recognize any illegal action of Russia in this regard . A spokeswoman for the National Security Council of the United States
Laura Magnuson said the visit of Putin only " add fuel to the fire " .
Meanwhile
, her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic - 's High Representative for Foreign
Affairs in charge of the security of the European Union ( EU ) Catherine
Ashton said that the EU was " sorry " before Putin's presence at the more parade at Sevastopol in the Crimea . NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said that Putin's visit to Crimea was " totally inappropriate " .
U.S. secretary of John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov
had a telephone resumed today 9-5 , but both sides insist on their
positions and not achieve any significant consensus . N.Thuong ( BBC ) By NLDO News