“This is a long-awaited event, a very long-awaited event. We've been waiting for this for eight years, as a homecoming. We haven't been with Ukraine for a long time. We have a completely different mentality. We have very different tasks and goals. I believe that Russia is our homeland, and we are going back to our homeland.”
[Is anyone forcing you to vote?]
"Of course not. We made our decision back in 2014."
[How has your life been these past 8 years?]
"A nightmare. You hear the shelling yourself. Eight years of shelling from the Ukrainian side."
