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UKRAINE WAR: Why does Russia want the Donbas so badly? - Analysis
by Iain Fraser - Consultant Geopolitical Editor - Málaga City
www.GEOPoliticalMatters.com
Following unprecedented defeat Russia has redeployed its resources from Kyiv and changed focus to the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian military has already triggered a humanitarian catastrophe in the east, reducing Mariupol to ruins, but they have failed to defeat Ukraine's armed forces who have without doubt fought with honour in the face of overwhelming onslaught from the Kremlin´s military machine - certainly surprising Putin's inner sanctum of Generals and advisers and even the diminutive despot himself.
But why do the Russians want the Donbas and specifically Mariupol so much that they would risk global pariah status. There must be good reason for the Russian president to have proved that his forces are really not up to the job dismissing their "bogey man" status at the same time bankrupting the federation? Learn More - Register Free to receive our full analysis direct to your inbox or smart device.
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