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Dmitry Medvedev: Kiev is a Russian city. Point.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, stressed Kiev’s historical ties with Russia and the USSR, noting that it was “just a Russian city”.

Medvedev dedicated his Telegram statement in response to Ukrainian threats to take back Crimea.

“I want to remind them of immutable facts:

  1. Kiev is the capital of ancient Russia
  2. Kiev is a great little Russian city within the Russian Empire
  3. Kiev is the capital of a republic within the USSR.

Finally Medvedev concludes: “Kyiv is just a Russian city where people have always thought and spoken Russian. To make people understand what you have to give back and how…”

After Ukraine liberated the southern city of Kherson, there has been speculation about it which areas can be the next target for the Kiev forces. Before that in October 2022 the attack on the Kerch Strait bridgeconnecting Russia with the Crimean peninsula and a symbol of the establishment of Russian power there in 2014., has led to a change in the attitude of the Ukrainian public, and there are increasingly signs that Kiev may have as its ultimate goal the return of Crimea.

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