Bloomberg пишет: сдать Крым сказал Президент Обама

[22he-travnya.livejournal.com]

И это утверждение, как видим, базируется на инсайде не только от украинцев, но и от самих американцев !

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces took over Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the "little green men" Russia had deployed. But the message from the Barack Obama administration was clear: avoid military confrontation with Moscow.

The White House's message to Kiev was advice, not an order, U.S. and Ukrainian officials have recently told us ...
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... Ukrainian officials told us that other European governments sent Kiev a similar message

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-21/u-s-told-ukraine-to-stand-down-as-putin-invaded