Putin ally says 'Ukraine is Russia' and historical territory needs to 'come home'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Putin ally says 'Ukraine is Russia' and historical territory needs to 'come home'

Andrew Osborn
Updated Mon, March 4, 2024 at 10:49 AM EST·2 min read

(Reuters) -Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, described Ukraine on Monday as part of Russia and said what he called historical parts of Russia needed to "come home."

In a bellicose presentation that suggested Russia's military goals in Ukraine are far-reaching, Medvedev, who was Russia's president from 2008-2012, praised the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union and said Moscow would prosecute its "special military operation" until the Ukrainian leadership capitulated.

"One of Ukraine's former leaders said at some point that Ukraine is not Russia," Medvedev, a hawk who diplomats say gives a flavour of the thinking inside the Kremlin, told a youth forum in the Black Sea city of Sochi.

"That concept needs to disappear forever. Ukraine is definitely Russia," he said to applause. "Historic parts of the country need to come home."

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Send Putin a rope

with instructions to 'Piss UP'

[Turbineguy]

2. Dmitry Medvedev

Another guy who should be stood up against the wall.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I would say Russia is Ukraine. Both started in Kyiv.