#Vladimir Putin
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![Putin Demands the Donetsk Region Russia Has Failed to Fully Capture for 11 Years]( "Putin Demands the Donetsk Region Russia Has Failed to Fully Capture for 11 Years")
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- War in Ukraine
One of the Kremlin’s key demands in any negotiation is the complete transfer of the Donetsk region under Russian control, but after 11 years of war in Ukraine, including nearly four years of full-scale invasion, Russia still hasn’t managed to seize its 26,000 square kilometers.![Russian leader Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the Presidential Council on Demographic and Family Policy in Moscow on October 23, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the Presidential Council on Demographic and Family Policy in Moscow on October 23, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
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