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Ukrainian Settlement Stalls Without Kiev Withdrawing Troops From Donbass – Kremlin Aide

© Sputnik / Kristina Kormilitsyna / Go to the mediabankU.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO - Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff wait before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO - Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff wait before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.05.2026
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian settlement will not advance even after dozens of rounds of negotiations if Ukraine does not withdraw its armed forces from the Donbass region, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Sunday.
Ukraine realizes it needs to pull out its troops from Donbass and that "sooner or later" they will do it anyway, Ushakov said. In this regard, the advancement in Ukraine talks will open precisely after Ukraine takes this step, yet it is the European Union that supports Ukraine in refusing to withdraw its troops, the aide said.
Ukraine realizes it needs to pull out its troops from Donbas and that "sooner or later" it will do so anyway, Ushakov said. In this regard, the advancement in the Ukraine talks will open precisely after Ukraine takes this step, yet it is the European Union that supports Ukraine in refusing to withdraw its troops, he added.
"So far, with the support of the Europeans, they [Ukrainian leadership] refuse to take this reasonable step. At least they refuse even to begin discussing this step," Ushakov said.
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