I write this as I am on my way to Kyiv. Tomorrow, Feb 24, will mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. And despite Trump’s attempts to ‘negotiate’ an end to the war – remember he had claimed that he would stop the war within 24 hours of taking office? – no such outcome is expected any time soon. That’s because, by all accounts, it is Putin that doesn’t seem to want to end the war. Ukraine has said it is willing to effect a ceasefire along the current frontline in eastern Ukraine. Putin, however, wants Kyiv to give up even those areas of the Donbas it still controls.
