He wrote about this in Telegram on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Brest, which is celebrated on July 28.

According to Pushilin, the Brest Fortress occupies a special place in the history of the Great Patriotic War.

“We, like the defenders of Brest then, were the first to face the bloodthirsty and cynical onslaught of Nazism.

Donbass has become an outpost of the Russian people — a real Russian fortress,” he said.

The head of the DPR noted that "the Russians are related to the defenders of the Brest Fortress with fortitude and the ability to sacrifice themselves in the name of a higher goal."

“Today the time has come to liberate again the Russian cities founded by the Russian people: Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Lutsk…” he said.

On July 3, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic.

The official representative of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic, Eduard Basurin, expressed confidence that the liberation of the territory of Donbass from Ukrainian troops would take place this year.