[delta7]

Agree: Russia withdraws to pre-2014 status.
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So the Ukies can start shelling the ethnic Russians in the Donbass provinces all over again? The Donbass declared their Independence from Ukraine in 2014/15,
a major factor in this regional conflict.

[ought-six]

So it goes back to the status quo before Russia stirred up the civil war.

[BobL]

“So the Ukies can start shelling the ethnic Russians in the Donbass provinces all over again? The Donbass declared their Independence from Ukraine in 2014/15, a major factor in this regional conflict.”

Unless Russia is able to trust Ukraine, Russia will need to control a Ukrainian buffer zone west of Donbas, just to prevent renewed shelling of Russian areas. Similar to what Israel had in Southern Lebanon (and should have kept).