"Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska on August 15 that Russia would need 3-4 months to take Donbas."
According to Oxu.Az, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the "ABC News" channel.
"That is, he tells the Americans, the White House, and Trump's representative Whitkoff that he will take Donbas in two to three months, maximum four months," Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian leader called Donbas "the most fortified part where the most combat-capable forces are located":
"It resembles a fortress... and if we withdraw the troops and he takes all of Donbas, who can guarantee that he will not advance 90 kilometers towards Kharkiv? He has always wanted Kharkiv."
