Trump should walk away from Ukraine before it’s too late

The Alaska meeting, though symbolically notable, yielded little beyond a restatement of Moscow’s hard terms: Putin insists Ukraine must surrender eastern territory in exchange for peace. That demand appears to have nudged Trump away from the narrower aim of a ceasefire toward the riskier pursuit of a comprehensive peace settlement.

At the White House, Zelensky reiterated his refusal to concede territory. The Ukrainian leader, however, surely knows that he has little choice at this point but to exchange land for peace. Kyiv is unable to retake the territory it has lost, and the longer the war continues, the more Ukraine’s forces will be weakened and the more territory will be put at risk.

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