Why does Putin want Ukraine’s Donbas region?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
But why is this eastern region of Ukraine, which borders Russia, so important to President Putin?
Tamara Cohen speaks to our security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke and our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn, who's in Kyiv, about why this area is so central to a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Wendy Parker
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