Russia appears eager to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine before their invading forces suffer any new losses, but the military setbacks that inspired that intention could thwart his aim.
“Russians will be happy to have negotiations, and they will be very happy to fix the lines where they are standing now,” a senior European official based in Poland told the Washington Examiner. “So at this moment I don't see any serious reason why Ukrainians should be interested.
“We've seen the Ukrainian military fight the Russian military to a stand-still,” Milley told CNBC while traveling in New York. “Now, what the future holds is not known with any degree of certainty, but we think there are some possibilities here for some diplomatic solutions, and we’ll see where that leads us.”
Jaishankar’s warning against nuclear weapons usage may carry more weight with Moscow than his bid to broker a peace agreement. “Some rumors about agreements with ‘partners.’ They say, we will give Kherson, and they will leave us alone. Like, everything will be as it was before February,” a Russian military veteran wrote in an anonymous column for a well-known Russian military social media platform."Everything is fine in these plans, but they forget to ask the enemy [Ukrainians].
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan signaled an endorsement of that posture this week, striking a different note than Milley, despite persistent rumors that he has tried to set the table for a ceasefire in recent conversations with Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian officials. “The Ukrainians are pushing them out,” Taylor told the Washington Examiner. “I'm not surprised that the Russians would like to negotiate a ceasefire right now, to lock in what they've got. I would be very surprised if the Ukrainians agreed to allow the Russians to lock in what they've got because the Ukrainians are winning.”
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