Putin wants to take Donbass by the end of the year, which will cost Russia two or three million lives, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with ABC News, APA reports.
"He (Putin) told the Americans, the White House, and President Trump's representative Witkoff that he would take Donbass by the end of the year in a maximum of two or three months," Zelensky said.
Zelensky did not disclose the source of this information.