When and how might the war in Ukraine end?
Western allies are starting to split over the conditions for a peace
The war in Ukraine, says its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, will be won on the battlefield but can end only through negotiations. When to stop fighting, and on what terms? The West says that is for Ukraine to decide. Yet three months into the war, Western countries are staking out positions on the endgame.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “When and how might the fighting end?”
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