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Reuters
Politics

Russia-backed Donetsk Republic will consider joining Russia - leader

FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin speaks during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

The Russian-backed self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine may consider joining Russia once it controls all of Ukraine's Donetsk region, its news outlet cited separatist leader Denis Pushilin as saying on Tuesday.

"The main task is to reach the constitutional borders of the republic. Then we will determine that," Pushilin was quoted by the Donetsk News Agency as saying.

(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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