What Is Ukraine's Donbas Region, and Why Is It so Important in Trump Talks?

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

A few hours north in Kharkiv, there is little appetite for suddenly ceding this territory in any deal. “We could not accept any possibility of giving up our territories,” said writer and activist Ivanna Skyba. “It’s not about territories. It’s about our people, our values, our way of life,” she said. “If we give up land, this war will continue. It will not stop,” she said, citing past occasions when Ukraine felt it had made painful concessions o…

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

The Donbas region of eastern Ukraine will be crucial to President Trump's talks with Zelenskyy and European leaders after his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. What is the Donbas and where is it?

Rubio shoots down report that Trump backs Putin’s plan for Russia to control Ukraine’s Donbas region

Rubio pushes back on a European diplomat's claim that Trump supports Putin's plan to control the Donbas region, emphasizing Ukraine's role in territorial decisions.

Rubio shoots down report that Trump backs Putin’s plan for Russia to control Ukraine’s Donbas region – Democratic Accent

Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on reports that President Donald Trump supports Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Russia to take full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region, making clear that decisions on such territory will be left to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The president has said that, in terms of territories, these are things that Zelenskyy is going to have to decide on. These are things that the Ukrainian side is going t…