The escalation comes as morale in Ukraine is starting to wear out: A Gallup survey found that more than half of Ukrainians want a negotiated end to the war “as soon as possible,” up from 27% in 2023, while 38% are in favor of prolonging the fight. “These days, we want peace, not victory,” a Ukrainian resident told Al Jazeera. Europe’s political will to support Kyiv is also starting to falter, Russian-born American historian Anastasia Edel wrote in Foreign Policy, with leaders like German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaking to Putin about ending the conflict. However, any deal will result in a “bad peace,” Edel argued, almost certainly entailing territorial concessions to Putin, and “will amount to Ukraine’s—and the West’s—capitulation to Russia.”
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