Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

Zelensky said US is offering as a compromise to create "free economic zone" in Ukraine-controlled parts of Donbas which Russia has demanded that Ukraine cede.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has explained that the US "compromise vision" regarding control over the part of Donbas currently held by Ukraine envisages Ukrainian troops leaving the territory of Donetsk Oblast while Russian forces do not enter it.

President Vladimir Putin has warned again that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it, rejecting any compromise over how to end the war in Ukraine.

The Russian president stated Ukrainian troops must leave the Donbas region or Russia will use the military to take it

Russia wants all of the Donbas, and more. Ukraine is loath to cede any land to Moscow, let alone areas Kyiv’s forces control. The US is pushing for an end to the war. Here’s a look at the tense issue of territorial control in Ukraine,

While many Ukrainians believe they have sacrificed too much for their country to lose territory to Russia, others are desperate for the war to end.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Thursday repeated his demands that Ukraine pull out of the Donbas region in the east of the country, days ahead of a scheduled visit by a US delegation for peace talks to end the ruthless war.