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Russia's army has launched a renewed push on Pokrovsk, a strategic city in Ukraine's Donbas. Should it fall to Moscow, it would leave open the way to Ukraine's "fortress belt" which stretches from the towns of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in the north of the Donetsk region down to Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka in the south. The Kremlin has demanded that Kyiv fully cede the Donbas as part of a peace settlement – even the parts Ukraine still controls. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly refused all territorial concessions. Why is the Donbas so important to both Russia and Ukraine? Interested in licensing this video? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD AFP’s services and content are for professional use only.