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Welcome to The Logoff. As we speak we’re specializing in the Trump administration’s new Ukraine coverage, a shift with main implications for the struggle and for the world.
In the meantime, new Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated it was unrealistic for Ukraine to recuperate all the land it has misplaced since Russia invaded in 2014. Hegseth additionally stated the US wouldn’t commit its navy to guard Ukraine after the struggle and that the US wouldn’t assist Ukraine becoming a member of NATO.
How is that totally different from Biden-era Ukraine insurance policies?
What’s the upside to the brand new coverage? Russia’s struggle on Ukraine has triggered mass casualties and human struggling. A peace deal would finish that — if it holds.
What’s the draw back? Ukrainians concern a peace deal can be a pause in hostilities, fairly than an finish to them. They concern that Putin will see that he can use pressure to achieve territory, use the peace deal as a pause to rebuild his navy, after which invade once more — this time with out as a lot US resistance. Conserving Ukraine out of NATO was additionally a key Russian precedence, and consenting to that and different Putin calls for prematurely additionally forfeits US leverage in eventual talks.
And with that, it’s time to sign off …
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