Ukraine war at a stalemate? Will the West fight to the last Ukrainian?

In early November, Ukraine's commander-in-chief, General Zaluzhny, acknowledged that the Ukraine war had reached a stalemate. Since the summer, there have been few territorial advances on either side. Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which began in early June, has not produced the expected outcome. In Ukraine, military morale is declining. Dissatisfaction in civil society and tensions within the country's elite are growing. It is becoming increasingly clear that Ukraine cannot win the war militarily and regain the territory it has lost in the east and south.

Genuine peace talks are possible only between Russia and the U.S. The core of the war has always been Ukraine's NATO membership. Russia will accept nothing less than Ukraine's neutrality. Moscow will not allow Ukra ...