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Zelensky: Ukraine will not surrender Donbas to Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not abandon the Donbas, the eastern region that Russia and its proxies now largely control.

Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy rules out ceding the Donbas region to Russia. We’ll hear from a Ukrainian who has been fighting in Donetsk.
Gaza City has come under intense air attacks, as Israeli forces prepare to occupy it. We’ll speak to a doctor who has just left Gaza.
And wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures top 40C.
(Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Alberta,Canada, 17 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)

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