These are Moldovan lands: Dodon advised Georgescu not to claim Ukrainian territories.

The leader of the pro-Russian Party of Socialists of Moldova, Igor Dodon, has made remarks about "Moldovan lands" in Ukraine upon returning from Moscow. This statement was in response to comments made by pro-Russian presidential candidate in Romania, Kalin Georgescu, who expressed claims over part of Ukraine.

This information was reported by RBC-Ukraine citing News Maker.

"I want to address certain politicians from the European Union, Romania, and others who are already dividing the lands of Ukraine. First of all, the lands you are referring to are historically Moldovan, some of them," Dodon stated.

He highlighted that "hundreds of thousands of Moldovans live on these lands and they speak the Moldovan language." At the same time, Dodon continues to refer to his country as "Soviet Moldova."

"Secondly, it was us, Soviet Moldova, who were deprived of the status of a maritime state. We lost the south and north of the country due to an illegal decision made in the mid-20th century, through the so-called Khrushchev reform," he emphasized.

What preceded this

Recently, Romanian presidential candidate Kalin Georgescu claimed that Ukraine is allegedly a "fictional state." According to him, after the conclusion of a peace treaty, "there will be a division of territories." Romania is supposedly expected to reclaim territories that were part of the Kingdom of Romania.

However, later Georgescu stated that he meant "an absolutely theoretical hypothesis" when discussing the division of Ukraine.