The head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, said he plans to turn Mariupol into a tourist town.
“Russia is here forever and you are finally home. Now this is the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic forever. No one is going to take that away from us,” Pushilin said after participating in events celebrating Victory Day.
“We have strength, we have opportunities, we have the support of the most beautiful country – Russia,” Pushilin told Mariupol residents, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The task is to make Mariupol a tourist city, which was not possible before.”
Pushilin said the Azovstal steelworks, where hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remain, “has negatively affected the ecology of the city”.
“If Azovstal is not restored, we will make a tourist town,” said Pushilin, explaining that this would create additional jobs and bring income to the town.
Pushilin said the DPR is “faced with the task of regaining control over its territories, and then the republic will decide on its future”.
“As soon as we reach the constitutional borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic, these are the borders of the former Donetsk region, we will make the decision,” he added.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow recognized the sovereignty of the DPR and the Luhansk People’s Republic.
Source: CNN Brasil
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