He stated this during a meeting with the head of Bashkiria, Radiy Khabirov.
His words are quoted by TASS.
Putin noted that when a person is in conditions dangerous to his life, attention from not only relatives who worry about him with all their hearts, but also from the state is a key moment of motivation.
Earlier it was reported that Putin arrived in Ufa for a farewell ceremony for the first president of Bashkiria, Murtaza Rakhimov.