Russia will never turn its back on Donbass, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin assured that Russia will never turn its back on eastern Ukraine’s predominantly Russian-speaking region of Donbass, TASS reported.
During a meeting with editors-in-chief of Russian media outlets, fragments of which were aired on Sunday by the Rossiya-24 TV channel, the Russian leader recalled "people, especially children, who were wounded in Donbass." "We - and I say ‘we’ because you are the fourth power - have huge responsibility for Russia in general on our shoulders. And before making any decision, we must think about consequences of any step that we take," Putin told participants of the meeting.
"We will never turn our backs on Donbass, no matter what," he said.