MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/. Ukrainian citizens are fleeing in large numbers from the Kiev regime to regions that have already reunited with Russia, as they see this country as a safe haven, Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Other Ukraine movement and former head of the Opposition Platform - For Life party (banned in Ukraine), said.

"Zelensky and his team are terrified - citizens of Ukraine are rushing in large numbers to the territories that became part of Russia. <...> Statements by government officials about the mass flight from Ukraine essentially show that Zelensky's regime fails to manage the country. Ukrainian citizens are fleeing to become citizens of Russia," Medvedchuk wrote in his article, published on the movement's website.

"Zelensky's gang plundered and ruined the country," and now more and more Ukrainians are choosing Russia as a place to live, the politician said, noting that many Ukrainian citizens from Europe are also moving to Russia after facing language barriers and difficulties in finding employment.

The process, which can today be confidently called the reunification of the Ukrainian people with Russia, began after the 2014 coup, Medvedchuk stressed. "In 2014, the residents of Crimea and Sevastopol, a population of 2.5 million people, exercised their right to self-determination. In 2022, Ukrainian citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, and residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions [exercised their right to self-determination]. Today, these are 6.1 million people - or, to be more precise, over 7.1 million citizens of Ukraine, if we take into account all those who worked and studied in Russia before the start of the special military operation, as well as those who moved to Russia in 2022. Thus, a total of 15.7 million Ukrainians have chosen Russia," Medvedchuk calculated.

Ukrainians have begun viewing Russia as a country where they can stay safe from the havoc that current authorities have created in Ukraine, the politician said. "These are not hundreds of thousands, but millions of people who are leaving for regions [that became part of Russia]. This process is only accelerating, becoming a steady-state process of the Ukrainian people's reunification with Russia," Medvedchuk said.