【Putin: Donetsk and LPR have shown their attitude towards Ukraine in the referendum】
Moscow time December 3, 2025 (recording time), Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with India's "India Today" before his visit to India:
We immediately told the Ukrainian army: The people of DPR (Donetsk) and LPR (Luhansk) do not want to live with you, they participated in the referendum and voted. Withdraw your troops, there will be no military action. No, they would rather fight, and now they have ended the fighting. We tried to establish relations between other regions of Ukraine and these republics. Then, when we realized it was impossible, they were just destroyed, and we were forced to recognize them.
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