Dmytro Medvedev, vice president of Moscow’s Security Council, said in a bellicose speech on Monday in front of a map of Ukraine divided between its neighbors, including Romania, that there would be no peace talks with Kyiv, Reuters reported.

Dmitry MedvedevPhoto: Kateryna Shtukina / AP / Profimedia

He stated this during the lecture “Geographical and strategic borders”, which he delivered at the event “Knowledge. First”, organized in Moscow, that Russia will carry out a “special military operation” launched by Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, and that it can only end with the surrender of Kyiv.

The former president and prime minister of Russia, one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, once again stated that the parts of Ukraine claimed by Russia “must return home.” He made a similar call last month after the fall of Avdiivka and other recent victories in Ukraine by Moscow’s armed forces.

Medvedev spoke on Monday in front of a map depicting a truncated version of Ukraine, in which Russia occupies the east and south of the country, Poland the west, Romania the Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia regions, and the Ukrainian state will remain in a small, concentrated area. in the Kyiv region.

The news is updated.