The Ukraine peace summit wasn’t about peace at all. There were no negotiations going on between the two combatants; Russia wasn’t even invited.
Lubov Novosad, third from left, reacts as the coffin of her son, Yurii Novosad — a Ukrainian soldier killed in the Kharkiv region — is carried into his home during his funeral in Bahdanivka, Ukraine, on June 17, 2024.
The entire event was less about making peace and more about elevating Ukraine’s own position for what an eventual peace should look like. There are no doubt leaders in the West who believe this is a worthy cause in and of itself, if only to demonstrate to Putin that his strategy of continuing the war until the West gets tired is a lost cause.
Like all wars, facts on the ground and the strategic calculus of the combatants — not speechifying in faraway capitals — are the most vital elements at play. Historically, wars end in one of three ways: one side beats the other, the fighting freezes along a de facto front line or the combatants come to the realization that more can be achieved at the negotiating table than the battlefield. With respect to Russia and Ukraine, we aren’t near that point yet.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hugs Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the closing news conference of the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024.
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