He says the West should instead pressure Ukraine to enter into serious negotiations with Russia - with no preconditions - to end the war.

statesman has argued that it is unwise for western diplomats to back Russia into a corner, where the only option available to Moscow is embarrassing defeat. Is this a sensible way to carry on diplomacy? Henry Kissinger says no. officials - including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin - have said as much. More to the point, they are anxious to see NATO strengthen itself - even if that requires a bitter proxy war with Moscow over Ukraine.įor America, continuing the war is preferable to ending it - as long as Russia is forced to bear much of the cost of fighting it. and NATO have been reluctant to let Russia profit from what they view as its bad behaviour. Some version of it has been a possibility since the beginning of the war.īut for political reasons, it has always been a remote possibility. In short, there is a deal possible: Ukraine gives up the Donbas Russia gives up its efforts in Kyiv and the west. It has, however, succeeded in maintaining control of the country’s west, including the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine has not been successful in its attempts to hold the Donbas. Russian President Vladimir Putin is now close to achieving his war aim there, which is to declare the region either an independent state or an integral part of Russia. Russia has made significant advances in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine.

What’s not clear is whether anyone wants the peace this could deliver. The contours of a peace deal in Ukraine are becoming clearer.

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