Republics of Donbass could not survive without their inclusion in Russia – Putin

The President of Russia stated that the People’s Republics of Donbass would not have been able to survive without their inclusion in Russia.

Source: yandex.ru

This is reported by RIA Novosti.

“Recognize their independence and just leave them to the mercy of fate? This is generally unacceptable. This means that we would have to do the following, which we did – we included them in the Russian state. They alone will not survive, this is an obvious fact,” the head of state said at the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

Putin added that people have been living under shelling for eight years, which continues to this day.

“We had to decide something for ourselves, and what we could decide was to recognize their independence. But recognizing their independence and simply leaving them to the mercy of fate is generally unacceptable,” the president said.

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