The Ukrainian army will have to withdraw from the Donbas, as this is a condition for reaching an agreement and resolving the conflict. The Kremlin stated that «the Armed Forces of Ukraine must leave the territory of the Donbas and be withdrawn from that area.» «This is a condition» for resolving the conflict, declared Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at his press conference. The negotiating teams from Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to hold their first direct meeting, mediated by the United States, this Friday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, since the war began on 24 February 2022.
