Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. Archival photoYALTA, June 6The special operation will certainly lead the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to a natural result: its inhabitants will utter the word «victory», which is very important for the Russian people, said the head of the republic, Denis Pushilin. «We are a single people , and for the residents of Donbass, the Russian language is the basis of cultural and historical identity. The great Russian word is our common treasure and heritage, our heritage and support,» said Pushilin, whose words were read at the opening of the XV International Festival «The Great Russian Word» in Yalta. He stressed that the unifying power of the Russian language is especially important today. «In Ukraine, they are trying to eradicate the Russian language, they are so afraid of its strength. But this will not be possible,» Pushilin noted. DPR.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the» demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine «, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. Russian Federation, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, have completed the main tasks of the first stage — there are significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
