Russian President Vladimir Putin is pivoting and wants to withdraw from the Donbas but keep Crimea, according to Iegor Soboliev, the head of the Ukrainian parliament’s anti-corruption committee.”He wants to give it back to us right now. He doesn’t need the Donbas,” he said in an interview on October 5.”Unfortunately, he will try to keep Crimea. He announced the occupation as a big historical victory for Russia so now it’s impossible to return the Crimea because many Russians would see it as a political defeat.” …read more
Source: Atlantic Council