【Putin: Civilians in the front-line areas do not want to leave and are waiting for the arrival of the Russian army】
On December 9, 2025, Moscow time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Civil Society and Human Rights Development Committee (via video conference):
When I asked our army, including senior commanders who reported to me, there were quite a few civilians in the combat areas, in the contact line areas where our troops have entered. These civilians do not want to leave, they said: We are waiting for you, waiting for the arrival of the Russian army.
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