Zelensky doubles down: ‘We will never leave the Donbas’

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  • Source: The Hill
  • 08/13/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday the country would not cede portions of the Donbas region to Russia amid ceasefire talks.

“We will never leave the Donbas” Zelensky told reporters Tuesday, per NewsNation.

“Everyone forgets the first part of the film,” he added, referring to Russia’s 2014 takeover of Crimea.

His comments come days before President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska without Zelensky for peace discussions, which the Ukrainian leader has dismissed.

“Any decisions made against us, any decisions made without Ukraine, are at the same time decisions against peace,” he said Saturday. “They will bring nothing. These are dead decisions; they will never work.” 

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