Ukraine War: Putin Must Be Convinced Ending Conflict Is His Best Bet

Last week’s visit to Ukraine by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner appeared to achieve little: After they left Kyiv, Russian missiles again struck the Ukrainian capital, killing civilians and damaging homes, a school and a clinic. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s blunt forecast that the war looks set to continue into the winter was less a rejection of diplomacy than frank acknowledgement of its limits.