The Ukrainian military allegedly attacked an energy site deep inside Russia after it announced a pause on long-range strikes

He gambled on being able to trade land in Russia for the return of land in Ukraine, and failed.

Knowing well in advance that Russia would reject it, the U.S. and Ukraine announced with fanfare that its ceasefire deal was in “Russia’s court” in what was an exercise of pure public relations, writes Joe Lauria.

The prospects are not good as it seems the negotiations have already failed. Putin was excluded from participation in the agreement that Trump is threatening to shove down Putin’s throat with threats.

Ukraine will have less Russian land than it hoped to trade for peace

We now have a chance to seize the opportunity that we failed to seize after the end of the Cold War.

Ukrainian nationalism rears its ugly head, again.

Bypassing Russia is bad diplomacy

At the height of the campaign, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory. Now they hold just a small sliver of land along the border.

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