Medvedev claims Ukraine is "part of Russia"

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, has said that Ukraine’s territories on both banks of the Dnipro River are an integral part of Russia.

Source: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet

Quote: "All our adversaries need to understand once and for all a simple fact: that the territories on both banks of the Dnipro River are an integral part of Russia's strategic and historical borders."

Details: Medvedev called Ukraine "Malorossia" (Little Russia) and a "failed state", and its citizens "slaves to Europe", "deaf and dumb servants" and "expendables".

He also believes that Ukrainians and Russians share a common history, language, faith and "mentality towards everyday life" and should therefore be part of the same state.

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