Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a Kim Jong-Un-style tunic, has made several controversial statements asserting that "Ukraine is definitely Russia" and dismissing the possibility of peace talks with the current Ukrainian leadership. Medvedev's remarks, including a presentation of a map showcasing Russia's imperial ambitions and showing Ukraine divided between Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary, underscore Russia's broader imperial ambitions. These statements come amid a backdrop of Russian officials, including Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, making contradictory statements about Russia's intentions in Eastern Europe, despite Lavrov's recent promises that Russia will not attack another European country. This situation casts doubt on the Kremlin's previous justifications for its actions in Ukraine, emphasizing that Russia's war has never been about Ukraine's neutrality or protecting Russian-speakers. Instead, Russia intends to prosecute its 'special military operation' until the other side capitulates, aiming for a victory that would make the neo-Nazis surrender. These developments have sparked concerns over Russia's long-term goals in the region, the potential implications for Ukrainian sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and highlight Russia's intent of territorial conquest and genocide.
Once again, Russian leaders explicitly say what their country's intent is in Ukraine: Imperial conquest and genocide. There is no easy out of this. There is no magical peace deal or land swap that can reverse the decades of momentum behind Russia's insane hunger for empire.… https://t.co/ZCYlA5LWnA
🇷🇺🇺🇦 RUSSIA CONSIDERS UKRAINE THEIRS Putin at the outset of the war in Ukraine: “Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone. The appearance of Russian troops near Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine is not… https://t.co/BTXqJAHVsy
„#Ukraine is #Russia, negotiations with Kiev are impossible.“ We should believe them when say it out loud. https://t.co/uUl14rhpcD
Former Russian President Medvedev could not be more clear. #Russia's goal is the end of modern #Ukraine. https://t.co/QZd8GALVtS
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says parts of Ukraine should ‘return home’ as he rules out peace talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy https://t.co/UcAqcm1Yyj https://t.co/qdJnpaDiYm
Tucker Carlson and other Russian propagandists: Russia invaded Ukraine because of “NATO expansion.” Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev: there’s no such thing as Ukraine. It's just part of Russia https://t.co/6Kp2iv0owN
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recently declared, “Russia has no intention of attacking any other country in Eastern Europe.” Of course, a few weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lavrov told the world and personally assured British foreign secretary Liz Truss that Russia… https://t.co/jxRrTmuIgW
Russia will not stop its war until Ukraine surrenders, Kremlin security official Dmitry Medvedev said in the speech, adding that peace talks with Kyiv were off the table. https://t.co/5MK8Xq1OZQ
They keep saying it aloud and yet some in the West keep pretending not to hear. Putin does not seek to take part of Ukraine or stop NATO expansion. He seeks to exterminate Ukraine. Medvedev could not be more clear here. https://t.co/tPG8LhUt80
#Russia is not even hiding intent of territorial conquest and genocide in #Ukraine: Russia's former PM and president Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE publicly states "Ukraine certainly is Russia": https://t.co/HT8GSPEKC9 https://t.co/49PGNA1Nuk
#Russia is not hiding intent of territorial conquest and genocide in #Ukraine: former PM and president Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE says 'Ukraine certainly is Russia': https://t.co/HT8GSPEKC9
The territories on both banks of the Dnieper are an integral part of Russian historical strategic borders, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. He also believes it is important to understand where and how the borders of Russia are delineated in our time… https://t.co/GvtpiEwoFL
#DmitryMedvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and an ally of President #VladimirPutin, says that Ukraine was part of Russia and ruled out peace talks with the current Ukrainian leadership. https://t.co/HpnuI1AjGR
Putin ally says '#Ukraine is Russia' and historical territory needs to 'come home'. #RussiaUkraine War. https://t.co/IjpY66hwT9
Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Security Council of Russian Federation, suggests that Russia might annex more regions of Ukraine or make Ukraine part of Russia-Belarus union: https://t.co/I1rUDJJpsg "All our adversaries need to understand once and for all a simple fact: that the…
"There is no doubt that Ukraine is part of Russia!" — Medvedev https://t.co/pTEFWZWWQf
"Ukraine is definitely Russia" Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the educational marathon "Knowledge. First" https://t.co/QPRphbcJTA
It’s striking to me not just that Medvedev and presumably others in Moscow embrace much wider territorial aims in Ukraine than Russia has managed so far, but they are planning on Kyiv’s current allies to carve up the country, too. https://t.co/Tnx1TIxLIn
TRUST ME: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov promises that Russia will not attack another European country. Two weeks after Russia's invasion, Lavrov also claimed that Russia did not attack Ukraine. https://t.co/phTzMUPvae https://t.co/fMPKpgrDP3
What russia puts in the heads of kids under occupation: "Ukrainian soldiers torture, kill civilians whom russians are protecting, are nazis, cover up w/ civilians, forge elections, murder babies etc". This IS genocide even if the world pretends it isn't Photos P.Andryushchenko https://t.co/olUxLWab4F
At a youth festival in Sochi, Russian Security Council Chairman (and former President) Dmitry Medvedev presented a map that showed the majority of Ukraine’s territory divided between Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. “Ukraine is definitely Russia,” he said.…
"Russian borders end nowhere" - Medvedev called these words of Putin "very good" ones. What will they call "historical Russian lands" next? https://t.co/SC6aIO4PYB https://t.co/cm92zFx0rh
Medvedev stood in front of an updated map of Ukraine to say that both sides of the Dnieper are an integral part of Russia’s historical strategic borders https://t.co/8XKay8fJIs
"Ukraine is part of Russia, despite statements by Ukrainian politicians, so Moscow is going to establish control over its entire territory"- Medvedev What a sociopath war criminal & if other countries think this does not apply to them, they are very wrong https://t.co/Xz55u80a1v
Medvedev shows his plans for Ukraine. He wants the land partitioned between Poland, Russia, Romania and Hungary. Only Kiev would be Ukrainian. https://t.co/yDunMzLQq1
Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev says that Ukraine’s first president, Leonid Kravchuk, is wrong… “Ukraine is Russia,” -Medvedev says. It’s clear that the Russians don’t want just the 5 regions, they want all of Ukraine and they just be stopped https://t.co/qdgcuhbpNM
👺 Medvedev claims Ukraine is "part of Russia" https://t.co/oFfP46cSyb
On Russian TV, @MedvedevRussiaE, a former prime minister in 2012-2020, nominal president in 2008-12, and now a deputy chairman of the Security Council, shows what Ukraine is in Putin’s feverish dreams. A promise of years of genocidal war - seriously? Or are they really crazy? https://t.co/3f2PTZcCzo
⚡ 🇷🇺🇺🇦 The map of Ukraine, which Russia plans after the war, published by Medvedev himself. https://t.co/1Va6c8dz1F https://t.co/b6KwHG0nF8
⚠️ PUTIN ALLY SAYS UKRAINE IS 'DEFINITELY RUSSIA', RULES OUT TALKS WITH ZELENSKIY (Reuters) Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday that Ukraine was part of Russia and ruled out peace talks with the… https://t.co/qNjMtGAV6j
Russia: "Ukraine is ours and we are going to take it, cleanse it, Russify it and expand our empire." Western useful idiots: "Yeah, it's a defensive war triggered by NATO expansion and pigeons and deep state and........" https://t.co/ELDPyGF38k
In #Russia, the Alcoholic-in-Chief (formerly PM and President) @MedvedevRussiaE said today: "Ukraine is, of course, Russia." The Kremlin is attempting to deny #Ukraine its independence and sovereignty. 1/2 https://t.co/IxjMxvVQK8
BREAKING: ⚡ 🇷🇺 Medvdev just unveiled a new map of Ukraine split between Poland, Russia and Romania declaring: "Ukraine is undoubtedly part of Russia!" On the map you can see that Russia's plan is to take under its control the largest part of Ukraine, while leaving the rest… https://t.co/rQUV4ARd6h
“Ukraine is undoubtedly Russia.” Medvedev, an irrelevance, articulates what Russia’s leadership believes. All the euphemisms about “indivisible security” cast aside. The question for NATO in the long run is: what other parts of Europe are also “undoubtedly Russia”? https://t.co/2R1aSCgsk8
This is the main Russia's goal in this war: the destruction of Ukraine as an independent state. All talk about compromises, territorial and other concessions on behalf of Ukraine is pointless because it won't solve the underlying problem: Russia doesn't want Ukraine to exist https://t.co/A9xgKYEanu
So if Medvedev got his way carving up Ukraine, Nato territory would continue to expand eastwards? A bigger Poland? A bigger Romania bordering Russia? https://t.co/AYou94QqJ4
"Ukraine is, of course, Russia:" Putin ally https://t.co/9rZxnqiTyc https://t.co/QbDx1kUULB
"Of course, Ukraine is Russia" Former russian president Medvedev admitted that Russia is waging a war of conquest and planning to take over Ukraine No more lies about “denazification”. They openly admit that their goal is the occupation and destruction of a neighboring country https://t.co/HI5XzDEMK3
lil Medvedev in a Dr Evil suit telling everyone what’s the real goal of the russian war in Ukraine is https://t.co/VQoOR8ijLs
Putin trots out little Medvedev in a Dr Evil suit they probably bought in the kid's section to show us their planned map for Ukraine in which the entire country consists of about 100 square kilometers around Kyiv. https://t.co/v1TE9qhxSb
Note Medvedev’s Dr Evil suit as he proclaims that “Ukraine is of course Russia” at the backdrop of a map that shows Ukraine almost entirely divided between Russia, Poland and Romania. Circus imperialism, what a career choice to make. https://t.co/Lb8HE0WVCH
🤡 Medvedev, amid a map of Russia's imperial ambitions, said that "Ukraine is definitely Russia" Dima, go back to the psychiatric ward. https://t.co/hn0osOYZmT
Wearing a Kim Jong-Un-style tunic, Dmitry Medvedev says "Ukraine is definitely Russia" and shows off a map of what he thinks should be left of Ukraine. Spoiler: not much! "Our geostrategic space has been indivisible since the time of the ancient Russian state," he says. https://t.co/lFxkqzKOjC
If the Kremlin’s intentions weren’t already clear enough, here is former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev saying today that the concept of an independent Ukrainian identity must "disappear for good" https://t.co/hqnPvXq4oA
Ukraine is definitely Russia - Medvedev. Then why do millions of Ukrainians resist with everything they have not to become "Russia"? And who will be the next "Russia" for the deluded Kremlin historians? https://t.co/aKTDzskJTP
Ukraine is definitely Russia - Medvedev. Then why do millions of Ukrainians resist with everything they have not to become "Russia"? https://t.co/22V9McejAU
Ukraine is definitely Russia - Medvedev. They are stating their genocidal intents loud and clear. Will the world hear them? They don't care what millions of Ukrainians think. https://t.co/5chaghancQ
Ukraine is, of course, Russia, Medvedev believes. Medvedev says Russia will prosecute its 'special military operation' in Ukraine until the other side capitulates. "Russia will eventually win the special military operation and make the neo-Nazis surrender." https://t.co/G7gtk9BUnh
MEDVEDEV SAYS RUSSIA WILL PROSECUTE ITS 'SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION' IN UKRAINE UNTIL THE OTHER SIDE CAPITULATES MEDVEDEV: RUSSIA WILL EVENTUALLY WIN THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION AND MAKE THE NEO-NAZIS SURRENDER
Medvedev and the Kremlin's imperial narratives: "Russia's borders doesn't end anywhere". https://t.co/Bry7VbIDaq
Russia's war has never been about Ukraine’s neutrality, NATO enlargement, protecting Russian-speakers, or any other fabricated pretexts. In fact, Vladimir Putin has made his motives all too clear, note @DmytroKuleba and @JosepBorrellF. https://t.co/cSeHYGRLO4
A day after Medvedev says Russia will do the same to Europe as they've done to Ukraine and Lavrov tells Moldova that they'll do the same to Moldova as they've done to Ukraine, Lavrov is sent out to promise that Russia won't attack Eastern Europe. https://t.co/PdM9QHWPRV
Lavrov also promised russia would not attack Ukraine. https://t.co/aUNBoqwGow