MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. The Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, will be fully restored within the next 2-3 years, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said.

"The team has been formed, and I believe that in the next 2-3 years we will restore these regions," Khusnullin said. "We have a program for the socio-economic development of the regions, where the task is set to bring the standard of living of the regions to the average Russian level," he added.

The Deputy Prime Minister stated that developing the infrastructure of new regions is a difficult undertaking. However, according to Khusnullin, 9,800 objects have been restored in the last year and a half, and more than 36,000 construction workers are working on construction sites.