Andrey Turchak, a senior member of Russia's ruling party, said on Wednesday no force in the world could change the legal result of Russia's recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
On a visit to Donetsk, Turchak told the separatist leader of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic that Russia would not abandon its people.
He said 93,000 people had already been evacuated over the border to Russia.
(Reporting by Polina Nikolskaya; Writing by Alexander Marrow)
