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War In UkraineFinancial Times |
Only diplomacy will end this war — and Kyiv’s backers should seek to kick-start talks while the US is mired in Iran
Cost of trying to protect domestic interests may be to embolden Moscow
The Russian leader may want to escalate his war — but that is harder than it sounds
As Kyiv’s battlefield fortunes change, policies long favoured by the west could now do real damage to Moscow
There is an opportunity to freeze the conflict, but Putin’s fantasy of total victory could get in the way
History suggests that military defeat often leads to radical political change in Moscow
The country’s war effort was at a nadir. But mass drone production has come to the rescue
Russian leader’s conviction that he could outlast the west is being tested
A commemoration of those who died in the second world war is being used to lend legitimacy to war in Ukraine
Moscow’s ties with Iran and its waning power in the region give Kyiv a chance to forge new partnerships in the Gulf
Land swaps and de facto annexation in Ukraine won’t bring peace and could lead to decades of brutal subjugation