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General Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested the only solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict was diplomacy—but the official US position is that Ukraine is entitled to set the terms of any future peace treaty with Russia.Summary
This article by Leonid Bershidsky, writing for Stars and Stripes, makes the following points:
- The longer the conflict lasts, the greater the danger that nuclear weapons are used.
- Ukraine must be allowed to determine its future and its future independence guaranteed.
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- OCT 2022 Will Sanctions against Russia End the War in Ukraine?—The New Yorker
- NOV 2022 Russia's war in Ukraine rages on without a clear end in sight. Here are 6 ways the conflict could play out—Business Insider
