🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇩 NEW: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia would likely have to seize Kyiv sooner or later while identifying Russia’s possible further territorial objectives in Ukraine. (1/3)
2/ Medvedev’s mention of Russia’s possible intentions to occupy Odesa may be worth noting in light of recent developments in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Transnistria in Moldova, the southern tip of which is about 50 kilometers from the city.
3/ Medvedev also described Russian plans to repress Ukrainian citizens in occupied Ukraine.
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