#Donetsk
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-a0c7bfdd8a6136d48ff014e85a4faddf.png "Russian Shahed/Gerbera attack drone storage on fire moments before the second drone strike, December 14, 2025, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Source: 14th Regiment of Unmanned Aerial Systems)")
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![Lavrov Rejects Key US Peace Plan Terms on Ukraine, Demands Major Territorial Concessions]( "Lavrov Rejects Key US Peace Plan Terms on Ukraine, Demands Major Territorial Concessions")
![A Russian fuel storage site in Symeikyne, Luhansk region, Ukraine, moments before FP-2 drone strike, December 9, 2025. (Source: SOF)]( "A Russian fuel storage site in Symeikyne, Luhansk region, Ukraine, moments before FP-2 drone strike, December 9, 2025. (Source: SOF)")
![Why Russia Can’t Capture the Donetsk Region—Inside Ukraine’s Fortress Line Putin Wants Without a Fight]( "Why Russia Can’t Capture the Donetsk Region—Inside Ukraine’s Fortress Line Putin Wants Without a Fight")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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- War in Ukraine
In every ceasefire proposal, Putin insists on the demand to the transfer of the Donetsk region to Moscow’s control. His motive is clear: Ukraine has heavily fortified the region, turning major cities into a massive defensive barrier. Capturing these areas would cost Russia hundreds of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars.![Volunteers from the NGO Prolinska recover the body of a resident after an airstrike in the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on November 1, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Drone Strike on Family in Donetsk Region Leaves Four Injured, Including Two Children")
![Members of Russia's Yunarmiya (Young Army) youth patriotic movement stand with a Russian tricolor flag during a ceremony dedicated to the Victory Day in Moscow on May 8, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "From Classrooms to Boot Camps: Russia Militarizes Schools in Temporarily Occupied Donbas")
![Illustrative image. A Russian C-300B air defense system. (Photo: open source)]( "Illustrative image. A Russian C-300B air defense system. (Photo: open source)")
-5c879c30def77fa562041421dc22c211.png "Why Russia Can’t Capture the Donetsk Region—Inside Ukraine’s Fortress Line Putin Wants Without a Fight")
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