Putin congratulates Russians on Day of Reunification with new regions

Putin congratulates Russians on Day of Reunification with new regions Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a video address dedicated to the anniversary of Russia’s reunification with the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in 2022. Putin thanked the people of the new regions for their steadfastness, determination, spiritual values, and historical memory. “We moved towards [reunification] through years and difficult trials. We knew in what unbearable conditions, with constant shelling and blockade, Donbass lived for eight long years, what oppression the inhabitants of Novorossiya were subjected to. They stood up against the armed coup d’etat in Kiev, fought back against the neo-Nazi dictatorship that wanted to tear them away from their historical homeland, from Russia,“ Putin said. Referendums on the reunification of the DPR, LPR, and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions with Russia were held on September 23-27, 2... Source: Geopolitics Live