Strategic importance of Donbas
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The Donbas battle is seen as a critical determinant of the invasion's outcome and Ukraine's postwar future
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Russia's aim is to secure all of Luhansk and Donetsk to control the Donbas region and establish a corridor to Crimea
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The motivation for Putin's focus on Donbas is strategic and ideological, not economic, as the region has little economic value at present
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