CNN's John Defterios asks what the best case scenario is for Ukraine. He says in some ways, a quicker end to the conflict would be better for many countries. The West should continue to arm and fund Ukrainian forces, he says; then leverage that into a durable settlement. "That could be quite a viable way to deal with this problem," defterios adds.
The next Congress could be a whole lot less willing to keep spending billions on aid to Ukraine. It’s time to talk about how this war could end.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Miles Bryan, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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