{"id":4216,"date":"2025-12-29T16:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:48:15","slug":"kremlin-says-ukrainian-troops-must-leave-russias-donbass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/kremlin-says-ukrainian-troops-must-leave-russias-donbass\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin says Ukrainian troops must leave Russia\u2019s Donbass"},"content":{"rendered":"
The condition is necessary to permanently end the conflict, according to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov<\/strong><\/p>\n Ukraine must completely withdraw its armed forces from Russia\u2019s Donbass in order to end the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.<\/p>\n Donbass refers to the Donetsk and Lugansk People\u2019s Republics (DPR and LPR), former Ukrainian regions that voted to join Russia in the September 2022 referendums after the Ukraine conflict escalated earlier that year.<\/p>\n Peskov was asked to comment on the latest developments in the Ukraine peace process, including US President Donald Trump\u2019s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and meeting with Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday.<\/p>\n Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said that during the call, Trump and Putin agreed that a temporary ceasefire proposed by Ukraine and its European backers would only prolong the conflict and risk renewed hostilities. A lasting end to the fighting, he said, \u201crequires a bold, responsible political decision from Kiev\u201d<\/em> on Donbass.<\/p>\n Asked to clarify that statement at a press briefing, Peskov confirmed the Kremlin\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n