Donbas negotiations

Zelenskyy warns Donbas troop pullback would split Ukraine and open door to Putin

A withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas would divide the nation and give dictator Vladimir Putin an opening for renewed aggression, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview on The Rest Is Politics podcast on April 10.

10 April, 03:34 PM

Putin will target Dnipro and Kharkiv if he gets full control of Donbas, Zelenskyy warns

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will not stop if he gains full control over Donbas and will instead try to capture the cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the British podcast “The Rest is Politics”, The Guardian reported on April 9.

9 April, 01:57 PM

Russia’s new Vinnytsia buffer zone plans show expansive goals beyond Donbas

New information about Russia’s expansive territorial goals in Ukraine beyond Donbas — including plans to create a buffer zone in Vinnytsia Oblast from the direction of Transnistria — confirms Moscow is manipulating its demand for Ukrainian withdrawal from Donetsk Oblast as a condition for ending the war, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War said in its latest report on April 8, analyzing statements by Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

9 April, 01:02 PM

Kremlin denies Donbas deadline but signals no quick end to war in Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Moscow had not set Ukraine any deadline for withdrawing from Donbas, Russian propaganda news agency Interfax reported on April 3.

3 April, 06:56 PM

Kremlin demands Kyiv to leave Donbas ‘today’ and accept Russia’s terms

Ukraine should decide immediately to withdraw its troops from Donbas, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, said on April 1, according to the propaganda news agency TASS.

1 April, 04:25 PM

Zelenskyy warns Trump sees Ukraine retreat as only way to stop Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. President Donald Trump’s team wants to end the war but sees only one way to do so — through Ukrainian concessions that would put the country’s security at risk, he said in an interview with Axios on March 30.

31 March, 10:34 AM

U.S. presses Ukraine to leave Donbas, ties withdrawal to sweeping peace deal

The United States is pressing Ukraine to withdraw its forces from Donbas in exchange for sweeping postwar guarantees, NV’s sister outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on March 24, citing sources familiar with the talks.

24 March, 01:31 PM

Kremlin regime says it will continue Ukraine talks but ‘trusts only itself’

The Kremlin regime will remain open to U.S.-mediated talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine but “trusts only itself,” Kremlin regime spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 2, according to Russian state news agencies.

2 March, 01:55 PM

Kremlin threatens to exit talks unless Ukraine cedes all of Donetsk Oblast

Russian officials involved in negotiations with Ukraine and the United States are increasingly concluding that the talks make little sense if Ukraine does not agree to relinquish territory, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 28, citing sources close to the Kremlin.

28 February, 03:35 PM

Zelenskyy: U.S. and Russia press Ukraine to leave Donbas

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said both Washington and Moscow are pressuring Kyiv to withdraw from the Donbas as part of a potential peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, France 24 reported.

21 February, 10:04 AM

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