Medvedev Declares All Ukraine To Be Russian Territory, Promises War Until Capitulation

The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council made another absurd statement.

Ukraine is a part of Russia, despite the statements of Ukrainian politicians, so Moscow is going to establish control over its entire territory, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said.

"Once one of Ukraine's former leaders said that Ukraine is not Russia. This concept should disappear forever. Ukraine is definitely Russia," Medvedev said during a speech at a marathon of the Znanie society (quoted by TASS).

According to him, the territories on both banks of the Dnipro River are "an integral part of Russia's strategic historical borders, so all attempts to forcibly change them, to cut them off alive, are doomed." The deputy chairman of the Security Council urged Moscow's opponents to "remember once and for all" that "Russia does not need other people's land, but it will not give away its own."

"Our enemies keep saying that Russia's main goal is to seize Ukrainian land. <...> We do not seek to get at our disposal the untold treasures of the "non-independent country" - wheat, steel, gas, coal," Medvedev assured. He noted that there is "nothing so special in terms of economy" in the "current Bandera-era" Ukraine that Russia does not possess itself in much more serious volumes.

"The main wealth in Ukraine for us is of a very different kind. A great value that we will not cede to anyone and for nothing. These are people," Medvedev said. He also promised to bring the "special military operation" to an end and to secure the "capitulation of the neo-Nazis." The hall met this statement with applause and started chanting "Russia!", the TASS correspondent noted.