NATO urges Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine

 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Moscow to transfer control of Crimea to Ukraine.

"NATO does not and will not recognize Russia's illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea," Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky after a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission.

The NATO chief added that NATO allies are united in their "condemnation of Russia's actions," Interfax reported.