Medvedev says 'Kyiv is a Russian city' and again threatens to take it over

Former Russian President and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitriy Medvedev has said that the Ukrainian capital is a "Russian city" and threatened a new offensive against Kyiv.

Medvedev wrote this on his telegram channel:

"There are various cockroaches breeding in Kyiv's insectarium, constantly threatening to 'return Crimea'..

Therefore, I would like to remind them of immutable facts:

1. Kyiv is the capital of ancient Russia.
2. Kyiv is a major Little Russian city within the Russian Empire.
3. Kyiv is republican capital as a part of USSR.

And finally, Kyiv is simply a Russian city that has always thought and spoken Russian. So it is very clear what and how we should return"

As a reminder, Kyiv was founded in the fifth century and Moscow in the twelfth. When Ukraine was under the Russian Empire and part of the USSR, the Moscow government pursued a policy of de-Ukrainianisation.