A Trump-Sponsored Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Seems a Waste of Everyone’s Time | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
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There is little reason to believe that a Trump-engineered ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia war—even I it occurs—will lead to anything but further discord. This is because a ceasefire is useful if both parties in a war have either achieved their goals or become exhausted, and neither of those things has occurred here.
Clearly, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President who started the war with an invasion of Ukraine three years ago, has not achieved his objective—control of Ukraine—and as a dictator in Russia, Putin is not subject at this point to any significant pressure to change course.
Similarly, the Ukrainians also have an unquenchable desire to control their own country and join the rest of Europe as a peaceful and democratic country with permanent and enforceable borders, something that is completely at odds with the future Putin sees for Russia or for them.
