US EditionGiving Putin the Donbas Would Hand Moscow Powerful Leverage over Kyiv’s Financial Survival
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In talks with Donald Trump in Alaska, according to the media, Vladimir Putin put forward his condition for the end of the war — the surrender of Donbass and the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops. Vladimir Zelensky categorically rejects this idea — and the Ukrainians support it. Despite the fact that most Ukrainian citizens really want a peace agreement and an end to the war, the idea of a voluntary concession by Donbas, as The Washington Post write…
Giving Putin the Donbas would hand Moscow powerful leverage over Kyiv’s financial survival – Your Capital Minds
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly rejected proposals to concede land to Russian President Vladimir Putin, particularly the hotly-contested Donbas region. The Donbas, which includes Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, is Ukraine’s industrial heartland where coal mining and steel production are the main drivers of economic growth. Ultimately, control of the region’s mines and factories would hand Moscow powerful leverage over Kyiv’s post…
What would Ukraine lose if it hands over the Donbas, which Putin desperately wants?
Currently, nearly all of the Luhansk region and more than half of the Donetsk region are temporarily occupied by Russia. President Zelenskyy insists that Ukraine “will not make the mistakes of the past, when it lost Crimea and part of the Donbas.” Analysts have examined the possible consequences for Ukraine if it loses these two regions. Around 270,000 people live in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region. Overall, 837 settlements i…
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