In response to the question of the Kremlin's claims on Ukrainian ports in potential peace talks, Patrushev mentioned "the entry into Russia" of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories (Crimea, Sevastopol, units of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions) and stated that the Russian Federation "respects the people. " In his view, residents of the Black Sea regions of Ukraine "should determine their future themselves. " "And they are unlikely to associate their fate with neonacism.
They do not want to obey Kiev illegitimate power. I think that there is nothing in common with the Kiev regime in Odessa and the vast majority of its inhabitants," Patrushev said. Putin's assistant also repeated the thesis of Russian propaganda that the city of Odesa was founded by Russian Empress Catherine II, and added that for more than two centuries it was an outpost of Russia in the Black Sea, and now the "port of the glorious hero city is transformed into a hub for weapons.
" On April 10, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, stated that the Russians "built" Odessa, all its port and industrial infrastructure headed by Empress Catherine II, and because of this the city was "automatically becoming Russian".
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