Leaders | The least bad deal for Ukraine

How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin

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A table and two chairs in the middle of a snowy battlefield
image: Justin Metz

FOR TWO years the war in Ukraine has been fought metre by blood-soaked metre. Suddenly, dramatic change is at hand. One reason is that Russia’s grinding advance has exposed grave weaknesses in manpower and morale that could eventually lead to a collapse in Ukraine’s lines. More urgent, Donald Trump has made clear that, as president, he will be impatient for the shooting to stop.

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