Peskov: Russia cannot allow countries on its borders with plans to take away Crimea. Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum took place there in March 2014.
On September 30, 2022, the President of Russia, the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions signed agreements on the accession of these regions to Russia. Peskov said that Russia has been in a state of war since a “company” of Ukraine and the West formed in the Northern Military District zone.