#Latest news with #UkrainianSovereigntyWall Street Journal16 hours agoPoliticsWall Street JournalPutin Tries to Wear Trump DownVladimir Putin continues to confront Ukraine with absurd demands during so-called peace talks. Mr. Putin doesn't want peace. He wants victory, and he's playing President Trump to achieve it. Mr. Putin will drag on the war until Mr. Trump gets so bored of mediation and frustrated with U.S. assistance to Ukraine that he gives up on both. Moscow's list of demands would force Ukraine to sacrifice 20% of its territory and eventually its sovereignty by accepting Moscow's direction of its domestic and foreign affairs. Mr. Putin knows Ukraine won't accept this, even under White House pressure.
Wall Street Journal16 hours agoPoliticsWall Street JournalPutin Tries to Wear Trump DownVladimir Putin continues to confront Ukraine with absurd demands during so-called peace talks. Mr. Putin doesn't want peace. He wants victory, and he's playing President Trump to achieve it. Mr. Putin will drag on the war until Mr. Trump gets so bored of mediation and frustrated with U.S. assistance to Ukraine that he gives up on both. Moscow's list of demands would force Ukraine to sacrifice 20% of its territory and eventually its sovereignty by accepting Moscow's direction of its domestic and foreign affairs. Mr. Putin knows Ukraine won't accept this, even under White House pressure.
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