Odesa

 

Former Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev on Thursday said all Russians love the Ukrainian city of Odesa and hope and pray for its return to the Russian fold.

Later the same day the Kremlin hit the Black Sea port with kamikaze drones, killing three residents including a child.

“Odesa, come back home! We have waited and waiting for Odesa in the Russian Federation,” said Medvedev, current Deputy head of Russia’s National Security Council.

“We (in Russia) have waiting for this city, for its entire history. Because of the type of people that live here, considering the language that they speak, this (Odesa) is ours, a Russian Federation city, an ethnic Russian city,” he said.