Croatian President Zoran Milanovic in Zagreb, Croatia, in February 2020.
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic in Zagreb, Croatia, in February 2020.
  • Croatia's president said that Russian-annexed Crimea will never rejoin Ukraine, breaking from NATO.
  • Zoran Milanovic added that more Western-supplied weapons will only "prolong the war."
  • The county's prime minister disagreed, saying the comments "harm Croatia's foreign policy position."

On Monday, Croatia's president seemingly broke with his NATO allies by suggesting publically that Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, was forever lost to Ukraine.

"It is clear that Crimea will never again be part of Ukraine," Zoran Milanovic said, according to Reuters.