Some say ‘Finlandization’ is a peace option for Kyiv, one that Germany may be willing to sign on to

Even assuming that they could develop and produce a small arsenal in a short period of time, it would not provide them with the security that they seek.

Trump may be willing to trade with Putin, restraining NATO expansion in exchange for less punitive demands on Ukraine

SOCHI, Russia Nov 7 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine should remain neutral for there to be a chance for peace, adding that the borders of Ukraine should be in accordance with the wishes of the people living in Russian-claimed territory.

Coalition countries are giving Kyiv money that helps prolong a losing war while saddling the suffering country with enormous debt

Foreign-policy advisers close to the president-elect put forth different versions of a plan to effectively freeze the front line

The media is changing the narrative as the proxy war is running out of steam

The White House admits that its $61 billion proxy war infusion failed, while handing Zelensky a new humiliation.

For over two and a half years, a semi-proxy war has been raging in Ukraine. In a proxy war, two powers avoid direct conflict by fighting through weaker intermediary partners. The Russia-Ukraine war is a semi-proxy war because one power, Russia, is directly involved, while the other power, the U.S. and its Western partners, fights through the Ukrainian intermediary. Ukraine was in a position to attain its goals in the first weeks of the war when it initialed the draft treaty in Istanbul. Since then, when the U.S. discouraged those talks and promised Ukraine all the military support it needs for as long as it needs it, Ukraine has been fighting as a Western proxy in pursuit of U.S. goals, including maintaining U.S. hegemony and asserting NATO’s right to expand wherever it pleases.

Below are a number of New York Times headlines which represent the propaganda narrative about Ukraine as it has changed over time.