In all their contacts with #Russia on #Ukraine, the Americans base their approach on the realities on the ground , #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “The realities on the ground, which US President Donald #Trump and his team continue to acknowledge, as was the case in Alaska, are tied to the people and their views. These views were expressed in referendums in #Crimea, in the #Donetsk and #Lugansk People’s Republics, and, of course, in the Zaporozhye and #Kherson Regions.