Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically crucial region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war, according to The Washington Post. The demand was made during a phone call with US President Donald Trump earlier this past week, the report said, citing two senior officials familiar with the conversation. Putin’s insistence on Donetsk suggests the Kremlin is not backing away from long-held territorial ambitions that have kept the conflict at a stalemate, despite Trump’s optimism about brokering peace. Russia and its proxy forces have controlled parts of Donetsk since 2014, but have never succeeded in conquering the entire region. Ukrainian troops remain deeply entrenched, viewing the area as a c

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