Donbass

A protester holding a "Ukraine" scarf poses during the "march against capitulation" on Oct. 14, 2019, in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Ukraine remains split over how to achieve peace in contested Donbas region

Several polls show that a large part of Ukraine objects to most of the specific compromises mentioned in the 2015 Minsk agreement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could now attempt to fulfill. Ukrainians support a compromise to end the war, polls show — just not any compromise.

A man claps in the foreground as confetti floats through the air

Ukraine voters reject status quo in vote for ‘absolutely unprepared’ president

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