The Donbass stepped into the spotlight again this week—a rugged landscape of coal towns, shattered rooftops, and stubborn resilience—after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the region would soon be fully under Moscow’s control, one way or another.
In an interview with India Today, delivered with the calm certainty he’s known for, Putin said the Ukrainian-held pockets of Donetsk and Lugansk were living on “borrowed time.” Diplomacy or force—either path, he suggested, leads to the same destination.
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