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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Sevastopol and Crimea “are now forever with Russia,” adding that it was “the sovereign, free and uncompromising will of the people, of all our people.” A monument to the civil war in Sevastopol.
According to Putin, the memorial complex symbolizes that the country “remembers and loves all its faithful sons and daughters, no matter which side of the barricade they are on.” The president added that the country “has regained its historical unity.”