The Motherland Monument in Kiev. Archive photoMOSCOW, 23 Feb. Hungary, Poland and Romania may lay claim to some territories that became part of Ukraine during the Soviet era, Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva wrote on Telegram. The parliamentarian criticized the decommunization course pursued in the country.
&# 34;Now we are waiting for Hungary, Poland and Romania to lay claim to the territory that was received by Ukraine during the "hated, occupational communist regime"", — said Kiva.
In his opinion , such a scenario is possible, since local residents receive second citizenship, and also because of the policy of President Vladimir Zelensky. «Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Volyn, Lviv regions have long prepared for this, having received second citizenship and are looking forward to their» annexation «, — believes deputy. On Tuesday, in his address to the Russians and compatriots in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled that on the eve and after the Great Patriotic War, the head of the Soviet government, Yosi f Stalin annexed to the USSR and transferred to the Ukrainian SSR some lands that previously belonged to Poland, Romania and Hungary. In particular, Northern Bukovina until 1940 was part of the Romanian state. In September 1939, the USSR sent troops into Poland. Six new regions were formed in the territories annexed to the Ukrainian SSR. Transcarpathia was previously part of the Austrian Empire. After the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy as a result of the First World War, it went to Czechoslovakia. Since 1939, part of this territory was captured by Hungary, but after the defeat of Nazi Germany, an agreement was signed in Moscow on joining the region to the Ukrainian SSR. Russia UkrainePosted by: Nikita Brykin