US EditionThe Donbas ‘Fortress Belt’: Why Does It Matter?
- The Donbas fortress belt, designed to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks, spans 30 miles and includes defensive structures like trenches, according to Defence Editor Jerome Starkey.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Vladimir Putin's demand for land surrender, stating it could allow further Russian attacks, as noted by experts.
- Britain's Defence Intelligence predicts nearly 1.9 million Russian troops could suffer casualties trying to breach the fortress belt within four years, significantly weakening Russian forces.
- Experts believe that any land concessions would disadvantage Ukraine, as mentioned by the US-based Institute for the Study of War.
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In the midst of negotiations for a peace agreement in Ukraine, Russia demands that Kiev surrender to it all of this very strategic region.
kreiszeitung.de
mannheim24.deCoal, minerals and access to the sea attract Putin. Donbass is an economic centrepiece. Strategic altitudes secure Ukraine's defense.
Irina Artiomova, 42, lives in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Ukrainian province of Donetsk, about twenty kilometers from the front of the war. Her reflection is simple, but very powerful. “What would you think if a neighbor came to your house and said that it is yours and not yours?” she asks in an exchange of telephone messages. “Would you surrender?” Artiomova manages with her husband, Roman Dubinin, also 42 years old, the aquarium of this Ukraini…
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AlKhaleej TodayDonbas 101 — the vast, contested eastern region shaping Ukraine’s survival and Russia’s ambitions
KYIV, Aug 24 — The Donbas, a large area of eastern Ukraine bordering Russia, is at the centre of US-mediated peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.Moscow has demanded that Kyiv concede the whole area, which is made up of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, even though Russian forces still do not fully control the territory.Ukraine has ruled out giving it up, pointing out that Russia has been unable to capture the Donbas completely, despite years of t…
President Putin insists on the withdrawal of Ukrainians from Donetsk and Luhansk before Russia shuts down its weapons. However, if the Donbass fell into Russian hands, Kiev would have a massive security problem. In the cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv alone, millions of inhabitants would be in danger.
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