“You know that there has not been such recognition until now, they remain self-proclaimed republics, but we see that the process of resolving this internal Ukrainian conflict is dragging on, in many respects it is reaching a dead end, so what prospects these republics will have is difficult to predict now” , - he told reporters, answering a question about the possibility of Russia's recognition of the LPR and DPR.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the situation in which the population of Donbass lives.
He noted that "for people living in two so far unrecognized republics, the LPR and the DPR, constant threats are also created when military units move near their territories."