These new regions are quickly integrated into all aspects of our life and follow the path that Crimea took some time ago, Peskov told reporters and added that the experience gained allows the integration of the Donbass, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions more quickly.

Of course, some factors, including the progress of the military operation that has been waging for more than 20 months, complicate the process, the presidential spokesman recalled.

“However, no one is waiting for it to end; they see that the regions rapidly integrate into the country from an economic, educational, cultural, financial, and security point of view,” Peskov stated while confirming that the process would be completed within a few years.

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