“We will not leave Donbass.

In spite of everything, "RIA Novosti quotes Putin as saying at a meeting with the editors of Russian media, shown on the Russia 24 TV channel.

He noted that before making any decision, it is necessary to think about the consequences of this or that step.

On January 5, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with journalist Vladimir Solovyov, commented on the situation in Ukraine.