It’s surely just a coincidence that calls for a Western-led negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine amid Russia’s war of conquest are ramping up just as Ukrainian forces are breaking through Moscow’s defensive lines. There’s probably nothing of significance to the fact that Russia’s most reliable cat’s-paws are the loudest voices calling for peace now, before it’s too late. Suddenly, pacifism is breaking out all over.
It may be tempting to entertain these overtures as though they were made in good faith. But they’re not. To pursue a settlement now would be to hand Moscow one of its favorite geopolitical tools: a frozen conflict.
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