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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Pavel Polityuk

Kyiv accuses Moscow of 'imperialism' after Russia flags interest in south Ukraine

An aerial view shows buildings damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 22, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

Moscow wants to take full control over southern Ukraine, a Russian general said on Friday, a statement Ukraine said gave the lie to Russia's previous assertions that it had no territorial ambitions.

Rustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia's central military district, was quoted by Russian state news agencies as saying full control over southern Ukraine would give it access to Transnistria, a breakaway Russian-occupied part of Moldova in the west.

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