Why is Donbas region becoming a defining faultline in Ukraine talks?

Putin has reportedly demanded full control of industrial region, but Kyiv is set against ceding any territoryRussia-Ukraine war latest news updatesAt last weeks Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin made full control of Donbas Ukraines industrial heartland in the east a central condition for ending the war.According to sources briefed on the talks, the Russian leader demanded that Ukrainian forces withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up Donbas, in exchange for a freeze along the ...