“As for legitimate goals, for us these are, for example, the liberation of Odessa from the Nazi occupiers.
The very ones who staged a terrorist attack in the House of Trade Unions, who keep the inhabitants of Odessa in fear, mock their city, ”he wrote on the Telegram channel.
Konstantinov called Odessa a Russian city.
He stated this when commenting on the statement by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland that military facilities in Crimea are "legitimate targets" for the Ukrainian army.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Nuland's words about supporting Ukrainian strikes in Crimea are evidence of Washington's direct involvement in the conflict over Ukraine.
Viktor Vodolatsky, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, noted that such a statement can be regarded as a “certain push” for Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to take actions that will lead to “the complete destruction of Ukraine.”