Trump's Russia-Ukraine Peace Push Fails Again For the Same Predictable Reason

Trump's Russia-Ukraine Peace Push Fails Again For the Same Predictable Reason

Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently lamented that people who were alive in Ukraine are dead today “because this war continues.”Not exactly. They’re dead because Russia killed them in an ongoing attempt to subjugate their country. The war isn’t a natural disaster out of anyone’s control, like, say, a hurricane. Russian leader Vladimir Putin chose to aggressively attack Ukraine, and decided every day since then to keep attacking while making e…

Why the Russia-Ukraine peace talks are doomed

Diplomatic tensions are rising once again. Just days ago, the focus was on Moscow's 80th anniversary Victory Day parade. Now, all eyes are suddenly on Istanbul, where direct talks between Russia and Ukraine - the first since the spring of 2022 - could take place as early as Thursday. The significance of these prospective talks has snowballed. What began with Russian President Vladimir Putin responding to a Western call for a 30-day ceasefire sta…