Michael Baumgartner: “Russia does occupy Crimea and it's likely to stay that way…”

“Well, you know, naturally any Ukrainian leader is going to have a tough time looking at his people and talking about the facts are the ground. You know, the facts are the ground are that Russia does occupy Crimea and it's likely to stay that way for a while. And they also occupy significant portions of Ukrainians east. That doesn't make it right, but that is a reality on the ground.” (01:48–01:53)

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