Comment: Ukraine's recent victories may pose problems for U.S.
The U.S. and Europe may have to decide between escalation and an incomplete victory for Ukraine.
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The U.S. and Europe may have to decide between escalation and an incomplete victory for Ukraine.
As time passes, the cost may get higher — in distraction from other regions, in scarce munitions consumed, in vulnerability to crises that break out elsewhere.
Ukraine has notched another big victory in its war against Russian aggression: the liberation of the Kherson without a grueling urban battle. Yet that triumph was met with mixed messages from US President Joe Biden’s administration on a very sensitive subject: whether the Ukrainians should begin peace negotiations with Russia.
As time passes, the cost may get higher — in distraction from other regions, in scarce munitions consumed, in vulnerability to crises that break out elsewhere.