Putin inaugurates Russia-Crimea railway

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 23 - Vladimir Putin inaugurated the railway line that connects Russia to Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. The opening of the railway traffic on the bridge of the Kerch Strait, which connects the Russian territory to Crimea "without Ukraine's consent constitutes another violation of Russia's sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russia, "said High Representative spokesman Josep Borrell in a note.
"The EU does not recognize and will not recognize Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula."