Tag: Diplomatic solution

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a 30-day 'energy and infrastructure' ceasefire in Ukraine during a two-hour phone call today in the first steps towards ending the war.

Sometimes Trump's mercantilist thinking is so radical as to be wildly, crazily brilliant, as with the Gaza Riviera plan. But on Ukraine it's letting him – and the West – down, says Ian Rons.

Should Volodymyr Zelensky continue to fight endlessly in pursuit of a comprehensive defeat of Russia which may be unattainable – or should he consider cutting his losses and reaching a compromise?

We now have a NATO Foreign Minister, a journalist with sources "close to Zelensky" and a former Israeli PM all saying that Western leaders opposed a peace deal because they wanted to "weaken", "press" or "smash" Putin.

After a backlash lasting only one day, the letter signed by 30 left-wing Democrats calling for "vigorous diplomatic efforts" has been withdrawn. This humiliating climbdown does not bode well for democracy.

Until recently, almost all the U.S. politicians who'd expressed scepticism about the West's Ukraine policy were Republicans. Now 30 left-wing Democrats have written to Biden, calling for "vigorous diplomatic efforts".