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A house on Stratonautov Street in the village of Veseloye, Donetsk region, which was damaged during the fighting in the DPR. (inset) Ukrainian President Zelenskiy Russia will be forced to protect the residents of Donbass if Ukraine launches full-scale hostilities against the region. That s according to Dmitry Kozak, President Vladimir Putin s deputy chief of staff, who is himself Ukrainian.
Speaking on Thursday, Kozak claimed that a ramping-up of the conflict would lead to the end of Ukraine, with the Kremlin forced to stand up for its citizens living in the territory of Donbass. In recent years, Moscow has made it much simpler for those living in Ukraine to get a Russian passport, and many have taken up the offer.
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