RT spoke with military correspondent Medvedev, who has been working in Donbass since the Maidan. In January, Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR Artyom Zhoga conveyed wishes of strength and health from the Donbass military to the current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

“I think there is no need to tell how people here inDonbass feel about our president. This is the man who gave the future to Donbass,” the man said.