The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its protest in connection with another visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation on August 4, 2018: the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

It is noted that Ukraine considers this visit and any so-called trips by Russian officials to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine) a grave violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, cynical and demonstrative disregard of the Russian side by generally recognized principles and norms of international law.

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Sevastopol is an integral part of Ukraine in its internationally recognized borders. This is recognized by the entire international community, which has repeatedly given an appropriate assessment of the internationally wrongful actions of the Russian Federation through the adoption of relevant resolutions of the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, other international organizations, and the imposition of sanctions against Russia as an occupying state, "reads the statement..