Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised on Saturday that Russia would seize more territory in Ukraine, a year after the alleged annexation of four Ukrainian regions, portrayed by Vladimir Putin as the fulfillment of the imperial New Russia project.
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“The special military operation (in Ukraine) will continue until the complete destruction of the Nazi regime in Kiev and the liberation of originally Russian territories from the hands of the enemy,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram.
“The victory will be ours. And more new regions will join Russia,” continued the current number two on the Russian Security Council and supporter of the attack on the Kremlin in Ukraine.
For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised “renewal and socio-economic development” of the annexed regions in Ukraine in a filmed speech broadcast from the Kremlin on Saturday.
“By defending our fellow citizens in Donbass and New Russia (Moscow’s imperial project of integration in southern and eastern Ukraine), we are defending Russia itself and fighting for our homeland, our sovereignty, for our spiritual values and our unity,” Mr. assured Putin.
AFP
At the end of September 2022, after organizing “referendums” that Kiev and the West considered fictitious, Vladimir Putin agreed to the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk (east) and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions (south). . .
These annexations have drawn strong condemnation from Ukraine and its Western backers, who consider them “illegal.”
September 30 was declared “Reunification Day” by Vladimir Putin. But Russia only partially controls these regions and faces a counteroffensive from Ukraine that wants to retake them.