As President Trump has tried to help end the conversation Russia’s war in UkraineQuestions have increased about what will happen to the Ukrainian region claimed by Kremlin and will be conducted by Russian forces.
Mr. Trump has said Any ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine will include “some land swapping”, although it is not clear what it means.
Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and controlled or claimed about 20% of Ukraine land.
The map below shows areas that have been highlighted in red color recently data From two non -benevolent think tanks, The Institute for the Study of War and the Critical Threat Project of the American Enterprise Institute.
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Mr. Trump Russian meeting with President Vladimir Putin In Alaska on Friday and Ukrainian President Volodimir with Zalensky and other European leaders Monday at the White House.
During talks at the Oval Office on Monday, there was a map of Ukraine Shown It is shown to the regions of the Ukrainian region that are currently controlled by Russia or which are seen below, with an estimated percentage of Russian control listed for each region.
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It is believed that an area that Putin wants to leave Ukraine as a condition for peace is the eastern Donbas region, which has seen some of the most intense battle of war. It is made up of two oblasts, or provinces, called Donettsk and Luhansk.
Residents of this region are largely dandruff and have parts of the region. Controlled by Russian supported separatists Since a Russian -backed rebellion in 2014.
At the beginning of Ukraine’s full-scale invasion of Russia in 2022, Putin recognized the freedom of these separatist regions and was accused of using their safety as their protection on the pretext of Russia’s invasion, in which he claimed a television address in which Republics of self-proclaimed people of Donetsk and Luhansk had appealed for Russia.
Despite the Russian forces attacking and catching parts of Eastern Ukraine, they have failed to hold the region completely during the war.
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Zelenskyy has rejected Surrender the Ukrainian region to Russia in the Donbas region, as part of a ceasefire deal.
And the Ukraine leader will not technically allow any Ukrainian land for Russia to do or otherwise as part of ceasefire negotiations, as doing so may cause violation of the constitution of Ukraine, which is particularly especially Outline of the areas of Ukraine,
This also means that zelenskyy cannot reduce the region of Crimea, which was attacked and attacked by Russia in 2014.
Instead, some analysts have suggested that, to achieve a ceasefire agreement, a deal can essentially be killed to freeze the front line – which is about 620 miles from the northeast Ukraine on its south -beautiful coast on the Black Sea on its south -east – officially removes the land on the other side without Ukraine.
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Zelanceci too has warned Any region of Ukraine for Russia can benefit Russia for Russia, which can benefit Russia in any possible aggression of the future towards Ukraine.
Putin has clearly stated that he believes that Ukraine is politically, culturally and linguistic part of Russia, and Ukraine is prone to a stagnation in a fight without strong security guarantee from the US or European allies, which will leave the door open to rebuild and re -attack Russia’s military abilities for Putin.
“For Russians, Donbas is a springboard for future new aggressive,” Zelanceci asked reporters ahead of Mr. Trump Meeting with Putin“If we leave Donbas under our own agreement or pressure, we will invite the third war.”
Meanwhile, Russia has continued as the talks continue. Ukraine attackNext to Mr. Trump’s meeting with Zelancesi on Monday, the Russian strike hit several cities, including Kiev, Khakiv, Donetsk, Denipopatrovsk, Odess and Sumi, according to local media.
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