The state Department warned against travel to the Crimea and East of Ukraine

Dmitry Zlatarev. The U.S. state Department warned Wednesday citizens about the dangers of travel in the Crimea and the Eastern Ukraine.

in the document U.S. citizens are advised to " refrain from all travel to Crimea and the Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". Americans who live or are there currently, it is proposed to leave these regions." As emphasized, this warning is issued instead of a similar document dated 5 January 2015.

According to the Washington political tradition, the responsibility for what is happening in Donetsk and Luhansk lies with the militia, who, in the opinion of the U.S., acting With the assistance of Russia.

Crimea in a new booked called " Russian-occupied territory." Review of the Department of state, " Russia continued in 2015 may take further steps as appropriate to its illegal annexation of this some of Ukraine ". He also mentions about some " continuing reports of violations of local residents from the de facto authorities of Crimea ".

however it is emphasized that the Federal aviation administration (FAA) continues to Express concerns about the serious threat to civil aircraft in the Dnipropetrovsk flight information region. Thus, according to the state Department, this Danger comes only from " separatists attack the Ukrainian equipped with weapons forces in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". In addition, they report about " the concerns of the FAA on the issue of the Simferopol flight information region, which may have conflicting reports from Ukrainian and Russian managers ".


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