Donetsk has been occupied since 2014.
Two-time world champion in speed climbing Danilo Boldyrev confessed who believes in the return of Donbass to Ukraine.
“I definitely believe that they want to go to Ukraine. Even my athletics coach. He is 82. He is a soviet man, but he says:” Ukraine is mine I sincerely believe that people there want Ukraine to be there, for Donetsk to return … Some people can deceive themselves, deceive that they were bombed there, that it is necessary now, that Russia is there … But it is 10 % … These are the ones who got lost. People have the right to be wrong.
But if we take a sincere human position, people want it. And Ukraine will be there. I believe in it. I even had a dream that I am preparing for the Olympic Games in Donetsk. I believe that 90% want to be Ukrainian in Donetsk. Ukrainians and our Ukrainians live there. And we will help the lost to unravel. These are also our people, they also need help, “Boldyrev said.
Recall that with ve In 2014, hostilities in Ukraine took place in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where separatists with the support of Russia proclaimed the so-called “DPR and LPR”.
On February 24 this year, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities.
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