Is the war in Ukraine any closer to ending?
Is the latest round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks, sponsored by the United States and currently under way in Geneva, likely to hasten the war’s end? Donald Trump seems to believe so. On Friday, President Trump claimed that “Russia wants to make a deal, and Zelensky will have to hurry. Otherwise, he will miss a great opportunity. He needs to act.” Europe, for its part, remains deeply skeptical and is urging Ukraine to fight on. As the EU’s Foreign Affairs chief Kaja Kallas told the Munich Security Conference last week, “the greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on
