Gwendolyn Sasse
A tangible sense of despair hangs over Ukraine as it tries to negotiate with the United States on a flawed peace plan with an extremely tight deadline, while European partners scramble just to find a place at the table.
Ukraine finds itself in an impossible position, faced with a twenty-eight point plan presented in the form of a U.S. ultimatum. Kyiv must somehow continue cooperating with Washington in order not to lose American support, including shared intelligence data—knowing that it remains unable to adopt basic parts of an agreement that would prove unacceptable at home.
Yet, leaders there have no choice but to engage seriously with some of the unpalatable ideas on offer. The very fact of the U.S.-Ukraine talks in Geneva already sends a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the invaded country is willing to engage on several points in a plan that may as well have been co-authored by the invader.
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