“It was very important for me to hear that we will not leave, that people who want to be with us will stay with us, that there will be their will,” Simonyan said.

She also noted that emotions from the speech of the head of state were also important.

“I felt this confidence.

This, of course, had a great psychotherapeutic effect on me, for example, and, it seems to me, on our people in general.

Because it is clear that the person is calm, confident, in a great mood, very friendly.

People don’t behave like this, people who are not sure of their victory and that everything will be fine do not spread such emotion around them, ”said the editor-in-chief of RT.

During the plenary session, Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia would protect the interests of the people who live in Donbass.

He added that ultimately "only the people who live there will determine their future."