Filmmaker and writer Iryna Tsilyk drew attention to the linguistic aspect in the statement by the US President's special representative, Steve Witkoff , on the recognition of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine .
"You (that is, some of you) are saying that the choice of language does not matter, but for Russian and American propagandists it is always a significant trump card," she wrote on Facebook.
In an interview with Tucker, Witkoff called Crimea and 4 regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia regions) " Russian-speaking " and stated that there " there were referendums where the vast majority of people showed that they want to be under the rule of the Russian Federation ." He also stated that the Russian Federation does not seem to seek to occupy all of Ukraine, because they have already taken control of all the Ukrainian regions they wanted.
" The Russians... got what they wanted. They 'returned' these five regions. They have Crimea and they got what they need. Why do they need anything else? " he said.
" Returned"... Well, well. But what will prevent Putin, according to such logic, from also wanting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, where the Russian language sounds so loud that the forest is buzzing? Go to the playgrounds, where parents chirp with their children in Russian... (Yes, we understand that Kyiv has always been his goal. But I'm talking about the logic of his dear American friends). Do you think our leaders will have enough of an instinct for self-preservation to not even discuss the possibility that we can agree to recognize these regions as Russian? ", - wrote Tsilyk.
As Apostrophe reported, Steve Witkoff also stated in an interview with Tucker Carson that the Ukrainian authorities have agreed to hold presidential elections .