If Russia were able to secure this territorial buffer that you're talking about and maybe Ukrainian neutrality in the EU and NATO, they would end this war potentially. So what are the potential scenarios for negotiation here? There's probably four scenarios in which we could think about starting negotiations or thinking about reaching some kind of deal. But if the alternative is a larger war, I do think that's a place where negotiations might become necessary.
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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