Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov (file photo)

RFE: Return Of Crimea 'Difficult And Slow Process,' Says Ukraine's Parliament Speaker

The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament says efforts to return control of Crimea to Kyiv are part of "a difficult and slow process," that Ukraine is determined to resolve.

Dmytro Razumkov, head of the Verkhovna Rada, made the remarks in an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that was published on May 16.

Russia forcibly took over Crimea in March 2014 after Russian forces seized control of strategic sties on the Black Sea peninsula and organized a referendum that was not recognized by the international community.

Shortly thereafter, Russia began supporting separatists in two eastern Ukrainian regions, Donetsk and Luhansk. The conflict in eastern Ukraine has left around 13,000 people dead, tens of thousands more injured, and uprooted well over 1 million Ukrainians, according to UN and Ukrainian officials.

The West has sanctioned Russia for its seizure of Crimea and its support for the separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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WNU Editor: A "difficult and slow process"?!?!? How about an impossible process.You can take this to the bank. The Russian majority in Crimea will never acquiesce to rejoining Ukraine.