Russia’s ex-President Dmitry Medvedev has questioned Ukraine’s survival as a sovereign state — and has once again caused a stir. Medvedev wrote on Telegram on Wednesday that he had read that Ukraine wanted to sign contracts for the supply of US liquefied gas for two years. Then he added: “One question: who said Ukraine will even be on the world map in two years?”
The Kremlin did not immediately comment on the latest statements by Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council. At the request of journalists, spokesman Dmitry Peskov simply said: “We know that Ukraine has big problems.”
The country continues to refuse to “restrain nationalist units” in its own ranks, Peskov continued. “And that’s why, of course, this doesn’t bode well for Ukraine.”
“Existential Threat” to Russia
In Moscow, the war of aggression against Ukraine that began in late February has been repeatedly justified with an alleged “liberation” from “Nazis”. On Monday, the head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin claimed: “What has grown in Ukraine is an existential threat to the Russian people, Russian history, the Russian language and Russian civilization.” Then he wrote, “So let’s put an end to this. Once and for all.”
Next disparaging comment
Medvedev headed the Kremlin from 2008 to 2012, and at the time was seen, especially among young people, as a beacon of hope for a freer Russia. However, since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, he has made disparaging remarks about the neighboring country.
In Ukraine, his statements are seen as proof that Moscow’s official war goal – the desired “liberation” of the Donbass – is just a pretext for the destruction of all Ukrainian culture.
Source: Krone
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