Putin aide suggests Russian troops could leave Donbas and be replaced by Rosgvardia

Ushakov repeated the Kremlin’s standard line that Donbas will “sooner or later” be taken by Russia — “if not through negotiations, then militarily.” He added that “everything else will depend on that.” “A ceasefire can only begin after Ukrainian troops withdraw,” Ushakov claimed. He went on to say that afterward, neither Ukrainian nor regular Russi...