"Ukraine should not exist, period—that’s where we need to put an ellipsis, and that’s very important. ... The next goal is the complete, total expulsion of the Ukrainian army from the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Republic will not be safe until the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pushed 300 kilometers away from its borders."
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Well, that's the answer to all of us. This is a very simple, very sincere and warm response to what we need to do in Ukraine. What kind of agreements are there with the Nazis to keep these people hostage again? No, it won't happen, it shouldn't be. I don't believe that. I'll never believe it. I believe in only one thing. Our supreme commander, our army, will reach the distant frontiers of Nazi Ukraine. By the way, it seems to me that it is quite possible that the word Ukraine remains only in the archives. And why do we need it? And what is Ukraine? And why should we talk about Ukraine? There is no such country as the most. There is Russia, there is the Ukrainian language, a special language, beautiful, melodious. Let it be spoken by people who are used to it. It is rightly said that it is now our language, we are taking it away. There should be no Ukraine, that's it, we need to put an ellipsis on this, this is very important. Russian and republican forces liberated the village of Bilohorivka. This village was the last of the settlements of the Lugansk People's Republic still controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The next goal is the complete, total ousting of the Ukrainian army from the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. The republic will not be safe until the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moved 300 kilometers from its borders.