Ceasefire Declared – But Did Ukrainians Die in Vain?

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with about 142,000 troops. It wasn’t large enough to fully take over the country—but big enough to force Ukraine to the bargaining table. That, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained, was always the intention: “The troops were there to push the Ukrainian side to negotiations.” And it almost worked.

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Can the U.S. and Russia Force a Peace Deal on Ukraine?

A series of highest-level emergency meetings in Europe, and growing urgency from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have brought concerns that Washington and Moscow could agree on Ukraine’s future—without Kyiv or its European allies being represented. Spreading oil on fire, former US President Donald Trump recently took to Truth Social, calling Zelenskyy a dictator and claiming,

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