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Donbas, Ukraine and Putin

What is Ukraine's Donbas region, and why is it so important to Putin in Trump talks?

For more than a decade, the industrial heartland of eastern Ukraine has been the focal point of intense battles and diplomatic disputes between Kyiv and the Kremlin. Now it could be on the table in peace talks with the United States.

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Why does Russia want Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement to end the war to include giving Russia full control of the Donbas

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Donbas: The object of Putin’s desire and the crux of the war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Donbas region, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, is at the heart of Moscow’s goals. An industrial powerhouse in the Soviet era, it also has rich farmland, important rivers and a coastline on the Sea of Azov.

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Giving Putin the Donbas would hand Moscow powerful leverage over Kyiv’s financial survival

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands to cede the Donbas region, citing ...

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Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war, tells allies Putin wants land

Trump’s swerve increases pressure on the Ukrainian leader as he heads to the White House on Monday to make his case.

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Why does Putin want the Donbas? How ‘fortress belt’ region scarred by 11yrs of war is tyrant’s top prize in peace talks

PUTIN laid his cards on the table when he declared that he wants the whole of Ukraine’s Donbas region in exchange for peace.

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White House says Putin promised Trump he’d have a direct meeting with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Russian leader Vladimir Putin promised President Donald Trump he'd have a ...

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