Russian President Vladimir Putin still hopes he will be able to make Ukraine lose its sovereignty, therefore he is not ready to stop aggression in Donbas and make peace, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Director of the Eurasian Center at the Atlantic Council John Herbst has said in an interview with Ukrinform.
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UkrInform: Former US ambassador says Putin not ready to stop aggression in Donbas
A Ukrainian soldier patrols by a destroyed coal mine of Butovka at the front line with Russia-backed separatists not far from the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 7, 2019.