Address by President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republi

Address by President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia (September 30, 2024) President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends, Today, on September 30, we mark the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia. I wholeheartedly congratulate all citizens of our country on this truly momentous event. We have come to this moment through years of challenges and difficult trials. We knew the unbearable conditions under which Donbass lived for eight long years, enduring constant shelling and blockades, and the oppression faced by the people of Novorossiya. ️ They stood up against the armed coup in Kiev and resisted the neo-Nazi dictatorship that sought to sever them forever from their historic Motherland, from Russia. We did not abandon our brothers and sisters and sought to a... Source: Russian MFA