Jim Geraghty and Mark Wright welcome the newly critical statements that Donald Trump has made about Vladimir Putin, who has finally given the president the impression that the Russian leader isn’t a swell guy and doesn’t seem interested in a cease-fire right now.
There are some obvious reasons why he wouldn’t be interested. Ukraine’s counteroffensives have stalled. Its leader is further and further out from his electoral mandate and continues to make divisive decisions that undercut his popularity. It is not unreasonable for Russia to believe that leaning on Ukraine in a war of attrition may bring about a sudden breakthrough, or push the government in Kyiv into crisis and toward further capitulation.
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