For now, President Putin has shown no signs of wanting to make concessions or engage in dialogue. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ms Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said in congressional testimony last week that while Mr Putin was “scaling back his near-term ambitions” in Ukraine, the chance of Russian concessions at any negotiating table this year “will be low.
China has not taken an explicit position on Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and US officials say China and Russia might use the pretence of talks to freeze the frontlines – and Russian gains. The debate in Washington over potential peace talks is amorphous and paradoxical. There are even competing arguments based on the same hypothetical outcome: If Ukraine makes substantial gains, that might mean it is time for talks, some officials say – or it could mean Ukraine should put diplomacy on the back burner and keep fighting.
“There’s always been a desire among some people in Washington to say, look, if Ukraine doesn’t make gains – or if they do – it might be time to have a conversation about Ukraine looking for a settlement,” said Ms Alina Polyakova, the president of the Centre for European Policy Analysis.
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