Address by Russian President Vladimir Putin - RT Documentary

❗️A historical moment. Vladimir Putin signed treaties with the heads of the DPR, LPR, and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to become parts of Russia. ‘People have made their choice - an unambiguous choice. This is the will of millions of people,’ the president said. He claimed that Russia would not betray them: ‘We will defend our land by all means.’ Vladimir Putin promised to rebuild all the destroyed cities and towns, to develop enterprises and infrastructure. Putin addressed the mothers and families of soldiers in Donbass: ‘Our compatriots in Ukraine have seen with their own eyes what the ruling circles of the so-called West are preparing for all mankind. Foreign countries want to see Russia not as free, but as a mob of soulless slaves. ‘We will protect our values and our homeland from the West,’ Putin promised.