<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officials in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ukraine" rel="" target="" title="Ukraine"><span>Ukraine</span></a><span> have discussed naming a disputed section of their country after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>, in a bid to win the US president's favour, the </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/donnyland-ukraine-donbas-trump.html" rel="" target="" title="New York Times"><em><span>New York Times</span></em></a><span> reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The as-yet-unofficial proposal would rebrand a highly fought-over section of the Donbas region "Donnyland".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The newspaper reported the name was suggested in jest, but is now being treated as a serious option to win over Trump.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-vladimir-putin-russia-benefits-donald-trump-sanctions-relief/ce1eafa6-3835-4a9c-9301-d085a9e1a564"><strong><span>There's one big winner from the war in Iran, and it's not Donald Trump</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The area is roughly 5200 square kilometres, and contains some of the bloodiest battlefields of Ukraine's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia-ukraine" rel="" target="" title="war with Russia"><span>war with Russia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An estimated 190,000 people live in the proposed Donnyland, but that number may have been drastically reduced as a result of the war.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Who controls that section of Ukraine has been a sticking point in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-ukraine-trump-offer-to-zelenskyy-in-peace-plan/f8ed563d-8ae2-4336-9919-f5b0060644c6" rel="" target="" title="potential peace talks"><span>potential peace talks</span></a><span> with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia" rel="" target="" title="Russia"><span>Russia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donnyland-ukraine-proposes-renaming-donbas-region-after-donald-trump-russia-war/98037c25-6fa8-4a64-9732-b9f2edd54e6c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Russia has sought to create a demilitarised zone of the region which its police and national guard troops would be able to patrol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Because Ukraine has built so many fortifications in the area, ceding that territory would weaken them if Russia sought to invade again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-secretary-of-labour-lori-chavez-deremer-resigns-ousted-donald-trump-cabinet-news/29812d7c-5300-438d-8350-4857deec981a"><strong><span>Third woman leaves Trump's cabinet in two months</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><em><span>New York Times</span></em><span> reported a Ukrainian negotiator used AI to generate a flag for Donnyland and a national anthem for the region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US president has not been asked about Donnyland and is yet to comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He does, however, have a long history of naming things after himself.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukraine and Russia have been locked in a stalemate in the war, with the front lines moving little in the past two years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Ukraine is touting the massive losses Russia has taken since the invasion began.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This week, Ukraine's Department of Defence claimed Russia has lost an average of 254 soldiers for every square kilometre they have occupied.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-navy-food-shortages-uss-abraham-lincoln-uss-tripoli-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-pete-hegseth-iran/e5db289a-18fd-4b03-82e2-a01d5f1d12f3"><strong><span>US Navy denies food shortages after grim photos emerge</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Donetsk, the number is 428 soldiers per square kilometre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Russia has been cagey about its casualties in the war, but Ukraine claims the invaders have suffered 1.2 million deaths and injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/volodymyr-zelenskyy-60-minutes-interview-ukraine-presidents-heartfelt-plea-to-australia-for-russia-invasion-help/e934c6df-198b-4939-9f42-d47525eae862" rel="" target="" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy"><span>Volodymyr Zelenskyy</span></a><span> said earlier this month that 35,000 Russian troops had been killed or wounded in March alone, a record monthly high.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-drunkeness-lawsuit-250-million-dollars/722f8c20-a1ed-45ed-879c-f5565f878170"><strong><span>FBI Director sues magazine for $348m over claims of drunkenness</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and 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