Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with Segodnya daily that the return of Crimea through military means is impossible.
“Nobody would take military action against a nuclear state like Russia. I don’t only mean Ukraine,” he said.
At the same time, Klimkin emphasized that the issue of Crimea remains on Ukraine’s agenda and that the peninsula won’t become a bargaining chip.
“There can be no discussions about Crimea, I believe. … Crimea’s annexation won’t ever be recognized. I have spoken to many politicians. I have many partners and friends. I haven’t heard from one of them that Crimea should be recognized. There is no such politician in Europe, in the U.S. … I’ve never heard this in China … I am now fighting for the UN and European Council to get access to Crimea so they can monitor the situation -- this is really critical. We have a sequence of future steps on how to go on working on Crimea,” he said.
The Venice Commission has approved a new version of Ukraine’s judicial reform, which is meant to reboot the system in the country, wrote Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko on Facebook.
“The Venice Commission has just now approved the recommendations on judicial reform and among other things gave Ukraine a possibility to reboot its judicial system by forming new courts and hiring judges,” he wrote.
Petrenko promised to provide more details later.
Ukraine sent two draft laws to the Commission -- one presidential and the other drafted by civic activists. The second document called for forming new courts and hiring new judges.
Here is today's map of the combat zone from Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.
