A top Russian security official on Monday night reportedly called for the occupation of Georgia after the “liberation of Kiev”, although Russian officials claim the Telegram message was a “hacked” post. In a post that was reportedly open for just 10 minutes before it was deleted, the account of Russian Federation Security Council Vice Chairman Dmitry Medvedev reportedly issued one of the most strident calls for the reunification of the Soviet Union since the war in Ukraine began. “After the liberation of Kiev and all the territories of Little Russia from the nationalist groups preaching their invented Ukraine, Russia will be united again,” Medvedev was quoted as saying, according to Ukrainian news agency Pravda. After that…we will continue the next campaign to restore the borders of our Motherland.” Russian Security Council Vice Chairman and head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting on saving businesses and jobs in foreign companies via video link at the Gorki State House outside Moscow, Russia, March 16. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool photo via AP) PUTIN’S WAR EXPANDS OUT OF UKRAINE AS ‘TERROR’ IS CLOSED IN MOLDOVA The post reportedly went on to argue that “Georgia had never existed before its reunification” with the Russian Empire in 1801 and that the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan was “an artificial state.” The post has since been deleted, and according to Medvedev’s spokesperson, the message was allegedly posted by hackers. “Those who hacked yesterday’s page … will be dealt with by the social network’s management and whatever is appropriate,” a spokesman was quoted as saying by Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Medvedev does not appear to have publicly commented on the post. Russia has been embroiled in Europe’s most brutal war since World War II, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to refer to his invasion as anything other than a “special military operation”. Map of the former Soviet Union (Fox News) PUTIN PUSHES FOR RUSSIA, BELARUS UNION AFTER NATO EXPANSION The Kremlin chief has not formally clarified his real intention in Ukraine and instead claimed that Russia is “de-Nazifying” its southern neighbor – claims that Ukraine and Western nations have strongly rejected. Although in June Putin once again attracted international attention after comments he made comparing himself to Tsar Peter the Great. In a tribute to the 350th anniversary of the tsar’s birth, Putin drew comparisons between his attack on Ukraine and Russia’s expansion under Peter the Great. “Obviously, it has also fallen to us to go back and strengthen (Russia). And if we proceed from the fact that these core values ​​are the basis of our existence, we will certainly be able to solve the tasks that we face,” he told a television address reported Euro News.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 years,” Putin said. “You get the impression that by fighting Sweden he was grabbing something. “He wasn’t getting anything, he was getting it back,” he added. Russian officials have also indicated that Moldova could be next in their plans for Russian expansion. Caitlin McFall is a reporter for Fox News Digital. She can be reached at [email protected] or @ctlnmcfall on Twitter.