Putin promised that Russia will support the residents of Donbass

Banner «Russia is our choice!» on one of the buildings in Donetsk. File photoSt. PETERSBURG, June 17 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will support the people living in the Donbass and will respect any of their choices. «Of course, we will protect the interests «those people for whom our guys are fighting today, getting injured and dying. Of course, it's just impossible in any other way, but what are these sacrifices for? Of course, we will support those people who live in these territories (DPR and LPR — ed. ), but in the end, their future will depend only on the people who live there. And we will respect any of their choices,” Putin said at the SPIEF plenary session. from 15 to 18 June. RIA Novosti acts as an information partner of the forum.