"We have been waiting since 2014 for Russia. We want nothing to do with Ukraine.

"We have been waiting since 2014 for Russia. We want nothing to do with Ukraine. We want to live with Russia. We suffered under Ukraine for the last 30 years."

🇷🇺Local residents in the newly liberated city of Novogorodovka refused to evacuate with the Ukrainian army, instead waiting it out to greet the advancing Russian army as liberators.