===Remarks on the 80th anniversary celebration of the liberation of Donbas from Nazism===
On September 8, 2023, President Putin remarked in a nationwide address:
{{quotebox-float|"This day, 80 years ago, the legendary, unconquered Donbass - a century-old stronghold of Russia, a land of hard workers, warriors, a rich and generous region - was liberated from the Nazi invaders...Its resources were of colossal importance to the enemy, to seize them was one of the goals of the German attack on the Soviet Union...And the Nazis did everything to keep the Donetsk Steppes for themselves, to force people to work for the war machine of the [[Third Reich]]...The importance of Donbass was understood in those years even in [[Berlin]]...Its capture was one of the main goals of [[Nazi Germany]]'s attack on the Soviet Union in 1941...The new owners of this region, having occupied it, tried with all their might to keep Donbass in their hands and force its inhabitants to work for themselves, for their Armed Forces...But here the Nazis met powerful and desperate resistance...It could not be broken during the approximately 700 days that the occupation lasted...During this time, many residents of Donbass died here...And these were not only partisans and underground fighters, but also civilians, including children...As during the [[Great Patriotic War]], the residents of [[Donba Donbas war|Donbass nine years ago in 2014]], again fought back against the revival of [[Nazism]]”.}}
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