Wilkie to Newsmax: Donbas Loss Could Expose Kyiv to Attack

Ukraine risks a dangerous shift on the battlefield if it abandons territory in the Donbas, America First Policy Institute Center for National Security Chair Robert Wilkie warned Monday.

He said a withdrawal would remove both man-made and natural barriers that have kept Russian forces from a direct path toward the nation’s capital.

Wilkie emphasized on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that the Donbas region remains the hinge point of Ukraine’s defensive line. If ceded, he said, it would create a wide and largely unobstructed route for Moscow’s military to advance north.