Putin said that the unity of the people has always helped Russia cope with challenges

Statement at the Kremlin ceremony

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian people have always responded to challenges with unity and an invincible will. His remarks were made at the ceremony in the Kremlin presenting awards and prizes for contributions to strengthening the unity of the Russian nation as reported by Gazeta.Ru citing RIA Novosti. 'Whatever challenges our country has faced <...> the answer has always been the unity of people, their shared and therefore invincible will,' the president said.

Context of earlier statements

According to Putin, Russians have now sincerely united in supporting the heroes of the special military operation, who, in his words, are defending the country's sovereignty and statehood. This statement continues the line of his previous public remarks: earlier he called the unity of peoples the main and fundamental condition for preserving sovereignty and Russia's territorial integrity. In the same vein, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, spoke the day before, calling Russia an example of the brotherhood of peoples and emphasizing that it is precisely unity that makes it invincible.