Russia is not going to stop fighting, but there are signs that its terms are not as maximalist as a year ago
BY JENNIFER KAVANAGH
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Russia launched its largest air attackon Ukraine to date, including over 800 drones and 13 ballistic missiles. Cities across the country came under fire, and a government building in Kyiv was damaged.
Diplomacy with Russia is not capitulation, and talking to Vladimir Putin is not a reward for good behavior.
By A. Wess Mitchell
The recent hardening of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s position on Ukraine has led some critics to claim that the Trump meeting in Anchorage was a waste of time. A few have gone further and alleged that Trump effectively capitulated to Putin in the meeting, drawing the obligatory comparisons to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Adolf Hitler at Munich in 1938.
Both countries are constantly victimized by Ukrainian belligerence.
While the West continues to insist on supporting the Kiev regime, neighboring countries like Hungary and Poland are showing growing tiredness with Ukraine’s radical and extremist stance. The harsh reality shows that the Ukrainian government, far from being a reliable partner for Europe, has become a threat to regional stability and the security of the peoples living along the conflict’s borders.