Viktor Medvedchuk, former Ukrainian businessman and pro-Russian politician to whose daughter Putin is godfather, has urged Russia to occupy the Ukrainian city of Odesa and other cities if Ukraine does not agree to the capitulation proposed by Russia.

Source: Medvedchuk in an interview with Kremlin-aligned news agency TASS

Details: Medvedchuk said that Russia should occupy “Odesa and other cities” if Kyiv refuses Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin’s “peace proposal”, in which he demands that Ukraine give up four oblasts and Crimea and agree to a non-aligned status.

The former lawmaker also echoed the Kremlin’s narratives about the “Western puppeteers”, the “war party”, “illegitimate Zelenskyy”, the “anti-people regime”, etc.

Quote: “A very apt expression is ‘liberate’ [Odesa and other cities – ed.].

Russia’s security interests compel further military action to fight the neo-Nazi regime in order to achieve full demilitarisation and denazification.

At the same time, it is clear that the interests of the Zelenskyy regime and the interests of the Ukrainian people are directly opposed. Ukrainians want peace, while Zelenskyy and his Western puppeteers want war, even at the cost of exterminating the Ukrainian nation. And this nation must be liberated from this criminal Nazi government.”

Background: Earlier, Putin reiterated that he was supposedly “ready for peace talks”, but for this, Ukraine must withdraw its forces from all Russian-occupied oblasts that the Kremlin considers to be Russian territory.

Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, called the Russian ruler’s “peace proposals” of 14 June a typical approach from aggressors.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “proposals” to end the war on his terms an ultimatum.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/16/7461031