Watch: Standing ovation at Putin's state-of-the-nation for illegally annexed territories

The audience at President Vladimir Putin's state-of-the-nation address gave a standing ovation to the citizens of the Donbas.

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[ring-tone]

Ukraine is winning….at least on media and twitter. But on the ground, the battlefield, things are completely different.

[ring-tone]

Follow the minsk accord and other broken treaties. A simplistic explaination of “good guys” and “bad guys” is not enough. Follow the real root cause of the war. The war in Ukraine is just a symptom of a larger problem and the root cause must be addresse for long term peace. No other option but the negotiating table and hammer the best deal possible.

[DropTheMyc]

Putin makes more sense than biden and I don't even speak Russian 🤣

[raphr]

Imagine being pro Russian because your favorite celebrity didn’t get the job he wanted

[idoubtit]

Real alert! Putin said he wanted Ukraine neutral and not in NATO. He said that that the U.S. would be sitting on Russian borders. You know like the Cuban missile crisis? Now America is close to going full in Ukraine. It is looking like he was right. That is reality. This all could have been avoided. I wish we were neutral and took care of our own problems.

[guybeingaguy]

And Sergei Shoigu couldn’t even get a front row seat.

[LemmyLeroy]

If you're against Russia, you're against Isreal
You either think taking land is okay or not; unjustified by specificity of a favorable time window.

[sfynxxyb]

Scary how many Americans are in these comments supporting this guy

[johnshepard]

In Russia, Putin has 83% approval rating.
In the USA, Joe has a 38% approval rating.
Should tell you most of us aren't falling for it anymore.

[sunray]

man attacks and kills innocent people and gets a standing ovation. his days are numbered

[gregjackson]

Very nice to see so many wholesome white people in the audience. Totally different than the ghetto us.

[LastAyleidKing]

The fact is Ukraine 🇺🇦 is its own nation

And many people are dead because Russia 🇷🇺 decided to cross the border in force.

European nation's have fought for centuries over borders, land, resources, religions, empires, etc.

But the only path to peace is to stop taking up arms against your fellow man.


Unfortunately when your the leader you don't have to freeze on a Frontline or risk being cooked alive in your drone attacked tank.

You sit in your palaces and bunkers and armored trains safe far from the battles you created.


The dead bodies on both sides piling up day after day.
And then you refuse peace because you would "lose face".

It's atrocious the things mankind can justify when it's the poor and innocent troops and or civilians footing the "butchers bill" in blood and death.

[hgstcpw]

Watch, Mr Biden will take care of it.

[Cammi-Cat-XIII]

Thank you for voting how we tell you to vote at gunpoint!

[nitromania]

You can tell everyone in here are scared of dying 🤣

[kmind]

How do you know it's a shamed election? and what is widely considered mean? Majority of those regions are Russian, and they have every right (which US and the West widely praised) to separate themselves from a repressive regime, which just a few years ago, the West also condemned.

[guybeingaguy]

Hitler would have liked this speech and stood too.

[nancymarie]

He pays these people to be there and clap lol. His people hate him!!

[roman.impulse]

One of the main reasons Russia is making this move is because NATO is trying to establish itself in a country RIGHT next to Russia in its most vulnerable spot. It would be like if Canada were to join with Russia and Russia starts establishing military bases in Canada. Can't blame Putin too much