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Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly demanded that he be given control over all Donbas as a part – and only part of the price for every peaceful agreement with Ukraine.
The area is referred to as “Donbas” consisting of two regions.
Russian troops are currently occupying almost all of them – Luhanansk – and about 70% of the others – Donetsk.
Donbas historically is an important industrial area UkraineWhere coal mines and heavy industries are located, as well as many factories from days when Ukraine became part of the Soviet Union.
30% of Donetsk that are still owned by Ukraine forces, and will be asked to surrender under MR MR PutinDemands, very important for that for a number of reasons.
Politically, it did not disappear in all Ukraine RussiaDonbas section takers in 2014 (about 30% of the region at the end of the year) began in the city of Sloviansk in the northern part of Donbas that was not worn.
Ukraine freed the city from Russian -supported troops and had held it since, and paid high prices in lives and money to keep it free.
The same thing applies to other cities and villages that are still under the control of Kyiv in Donetsk. This will be a bitter blow to Ukraine, and maybe even triggers removal Volodymyr Zelenskyy As president – to surrender to the territory of Russia that has been fought for by Ukraine very hard to be maintained for the past 11 years.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference in Brussels on Sunday. Pic: Ap
But this area also has a direct strategic interest for Kyiv.
Four important cities in this area form a “belt” 50 to 60 km from a strong fort.
Even the Russian military refers to Sloviansk, Kramatirsk, Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka as “Fortress City” and all villages and settlements between them are well maintained, utilizing the topographic features well in which they are.
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If Ukraine forces have to surrender this strong position, they will not be able to withdraw to the west to other defense positions that are equally strong.
In short, they will hand over their best defensive position to Russian troops who can then use it as a jump for further attacks to the west towards the Dnieper River, which will be fought for by Ukraine to survive easily.
The fact that Russian troops have been geographically close to Sloviansk and Krammatorsk for so long without being able to bring them to tell their own stories about the effectiveness of the “city of fortress” to survive against Russian attacks.
At the very least, there will be several advantages for Russia in gaining access to mineral fields in the Donbas section that triggers large lithium and non-ferrous titanium deposits, and also some large rare deposits running on the northern-south geological strips along the border between Dontsk and the neighboring Dniprovov region.
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As a result of rocket attacks on Sloviansk in January 2024. PIC: AP
Doubts about Putin’s Security Guarantee Value ‘
Some US officials have talked about the possibility of getting credible security guarantees from Russia if Ukraine agreed with Moscow’s requirements.
It is fair to say that there is an opinion that is almost unanimous, both among the public in Ukraine and (with only a few important but small exceptions) among political leaders in Europe, that there is no guarantee offered by Putin will be of any value.
His notes on European security matters since he took power in Moscow in 1999 was a bad faith, fraud, and a continuing agreement.
Russia guaranteed the security of Ukraine in the 1994 Budapest agreement and then concluded a friendly agreement with Ukraine in 1997 – but broke both with the first two invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
The Minsk agreement and then “Minsk II” then followed the invasion to try to stabilize the situation.
But the two agreements were broken very quickly by Russia.
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Moscow claimed that this violation was Kyiv’s fault, but the historical record gave the claim that there was no trust.
Ahead of the Russian full scale invasion in Ukraine in January/February 2022 Putin personally and repeatedly emphasized all European leaders who contacted him that Russia did not intend to attack Ukraine – until that day arrived when it happened.
The fact is, there is no documentary or evidence that is confirmed that Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine are limited to the Donbas region.
But there are many documentary films and public evidence that are confirmed on the contrary – that under Putin’s leadership, Russia intends to conquer all Ukraine and absorb it back into the Russian federation.
Every “guaranteeing” that Putin might offer along the way to the final destination must be considered only tactical and short term.
Because he really respects there is no previous agreement regarding the European security aspect, his notes show that he will violate new security guarantees as soon as he sees the benefits of doing so.
