Love him or hate him, you have to take your hat off to Donald Trump; he said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and, though it’s not quite on that timeline, he may just pull off an extraordinary feat. Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to the US to hand over some raw materials in return for silencing the guns on the eastern front. Everyone on the planet, especially those with a bit of moral compass and even those without, wants the end of this dreadful war and almost at any cost. But it must be a just settlement that the people of Ukraine can accept for today and tomorrow. Vladimir Putin’s three-week military operation has now extended to three years and until recently has shown no signs of end. So whatever we think of President Trump, it looks as though he is going to make the peace when all others have failed.
This war has cost hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian lives — while Russia has robbed Ukraine of a fifth of its territory.
