Ukrainian officials on Tuesday alleged that the US President Donald Trump exerted pressure on Kyiv regime, led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to give up the Donbas region to Russia.

Donbas, (short for Donets Basin) is widely regarded as Ukraine’s industrial heartland, and mainly covers the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, which are located in the eastern part of the country.

The development also comes before a possible summit between Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Zelenskyy has not been invited but he earlier said he is eager to join.

The Kremlin has said that no dates have been decided for the summit, citing that ‘serious preparations’ needed to be made.

Ukraine’s Donbas is rich in coal, iron ore, and other minerals, which historically made

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