🧵1/4 - Ukrainian negotiators reportedly floated naming a contested sliver of Donbas "Donnyland", a blend of "Donbas" and "Donald", as a rather transparent gambit to appeal to Trump's vanity and secure Washington's backing against Moscow's territorial claims.....
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2/4 - It fits an established pattern: Poland once pitched "Fort Trump", Armenia-Azerbaijan christened a corridor the "Trump Route". Kiev's calculation? That branding a compromise zone as Trump's personal diplomatic trophy might tilt the scales.....
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The territory in question, some 50 by 40 miles of depopulated, shell-pocked steppe near the current front line, remains the core deadlock. Ukraine insists it can hold the line with AFU defence deployments; Moscow demands full juridical control over Donbas.....
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Talks have stalled. One Ukrainian delegate even drafted a green-and-gold banner and a ChatGPT-generated hymn for "Donnyland"..... Whether the American side ever bothered to look remains unclear. For now, the moniker lingers as a curious footnote in an unresolved conflict.🔚
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