Medvedev threatens to seize Kyiv in response to events in Kursk Oblast

The Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said that after the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kursk Oblast, the war should become "openly extraterritorial." He also threatened "retribution" and noted that the occupier country will stop hostilities only when it deems it necessary.

Medvedev wrote about this on Telegram.

"The reasons and goals of the Ukrainian nazis' terrorist operation in the Kursk Oblast have already been detailed and objectively reflected in the analysis. It is necessary to learn a serious lesson from what happened and to fulfill what general staff head Gerasimov promised to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief - mercilessly crush and destroy the enemy.

From this moment on, the SVO [special military operation] should acquire an openly extraterritorial character. This is no longer just an operation to return our official territories and punish the Nazis. It is possible and necessary to go to the land of the still-existing Ukraine. To Odesa, to Kharkiv, to Dnipropetrovsk, to Mykolayiv, to Kyiv and beyond.

Medvedev also stated that the alleged actions of Ukraine in the Kursk Oblast of the russian federation now "must remove any taboos from this topic (the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories - ed.)" and that it is now "possible and necessary to talk about it openly, without shame and diplomatic curtseys."

He also began to threaten Ukraine and its partners with "retribution."

"Let everyone realize this, including the English bastards: we will stop only when we consider it acceptable and profitable for us," Medvedev said.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 7, partisans from the ATESH movement announced that in the Kursk Oblast, they were quickly forming detachments of strike drones from local residents to confront the armed forces.

According to the russian mass media, there are practically no guards left at the Kursk nuclear power plant. Military men from the Rosgvardiya [russian guard], who provided protection for the station, were allegedly sent to the border regions of the region to defend against attacks by the Armed Forces.

Meanwhile, a state of emergency was introduced in the Kursk Oblast on the second day after the fighting began.