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European leaders don’t believe Vladimir Putin is sincere about a peace deal — so their strategy is to humor and praise Donald Trump until he finally reaches the same conclusion and realizes he will need to get tougher on the Kremlin. https://t.co/HPjQRoU2cT
Kenneth Roth Having rejected a ceasefire, Putin slow-walks talks for a peace accord. Talks would come “step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages,” says Russia’s foreign minister. Naive Trump fell for it. https://t.co/w1qZ0kyoUK
Christopher Miller “Continuing the war remains Putin’s only source of leverage to secure a desirable outcome, and he is unlikely to surrender this tool even under pressure,” writes @AlexGabuev. Putin is back in the driver’s seat on Ukraine https://t.co/paSmPLjE7p
