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Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. According to the Financial Times (FT), Putin once again is trying to entice U.S. President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine into surrendering the eastern Donbas region — a territory Moscow has fought to occupy for more than a decade. The newspaper reported that during their last meeting, Trump urged President Vo…

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The Kyiv Independent broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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