Military exercises Russia in the Crimea undermine the resolution of a fall in the Ukraine, said the official, authorized the U.S. state Department's Jen Psaki.
"Any Russian Military exercises or placing arms in the Crimea, which is part of Ukraine, undermine peaceful diplomatic solution to the fall, the founder of which is Russia, and continued forcible occupation of the Peninsula," Psaki said at a press conference on Thursday.
Crimea and located on the Crimean Peninsula Sevastopol became the Russian regions according to the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014, more than 90% of participants who voted for reunification with Russia. The referendum was a reaction to the coup on 22 February in Kiev.
Two days later, on March 18, 2014, In the leadership of the Russian Federation signed an agreement on joining regions in Russia - Crimea has the status of a Republic, Sevastopol - the status of a city of Federal importance (along with Moscow and St. Petersburg).
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and not privy to the events in the Southeast, is interested in Ukraine to overcome the political and economic crisis.
in the process of briefing on Thursday Psaki also said that the state Department has no independent confirmation of the placement of Russian arms in the Crimea.
first unofficially stated that the armed forces of the Russian Federation as part of the exercises in the Crimea relocating to the Peninsula strategic bombers.
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