How Does It End? Fissures Emerge Over What Constitutes Victory in Ukraine
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In the past few days alone there has been an Italian proposal for a cease-fire, a vow from Ukraine’s leadership to push Russia back to the borders that existed before the invasion was launched on Feb. 24, and renewed discussion by administration officials about a “strategic defeat”...that would assure that [Putin] is incapable of mounting a similar attack again.
After three months of remarkable unity in response to the Russian invasion — resulting in a flow of lethal weapons into Ukrainian hands and a broad array of financial sanctions that almost no one expected, least of all Mr. Putin — the emerging fissures about what to do next are notable.
Incoming immodesty and common sense: I asked this repeatedly after Feb. 24. How do you not have an end game in view at the outset?
