Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Medvedev called Ukraine a part of Russia
Due to the geopolitical situation and historical reasons Russia and Ukraine ended up "in different apartments." But historically Ukraine is part of Russia. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, who gave a long interview to the Russian media, outlining his position on key issues.
As Medvedev noted, today Russia has to reckon with "fictitious borders", although the territory of Ukraine has always been part of the Russian Empire. The only exception is its individual regions, the politician emphasized, which were included in Ukraine following the results of the Second World War.
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If Moscow had not launched a special military operation against Ukraine, then sooner or later Kyiv would have joined NATO, after which, under the auspices of the North Atlantic Alliance, it would have launched a large-scale military operation against Crimea, Medvedev said. Therefore, Russia could not come to terms with such a development of events.
Western countries, according to Medvedev, did not believe in the determination of Russia, they believed that it would not start a military operation, and they miscalculated in this. The deputy chairman of the Security Council noted that it is useless to negotiate with some countries, since they understand only the language of force. In certain situations, Medvedev stressed, it makes no sense to negotiate, but radical decisions must be made, like the one that was adopted on February 24, 2022.
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