Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“Russia’s now unstoppable advance across eastern Ukraine ushers in the inevitability that Ukraine has lost, and the war will end. The election of Donald Trump ushers in the inevitability that the war will end with a negotiated settlement. Two things are now clear about that settlement: Ukraine will not be in NATO, and Russia will be in Ukraine. Ukraine will not be in NATO because Russia will continue the war if NATO membership is on the agenda in the negotiations. But Ukraine will also not be in NATO because Trump has made it clear that he will not support NATO membership for Ukraine.” [editor’s note: It’s never been UNclear that Ukraine will not be in NATO. That was never going to happen, as Putin well knew before using the non-possibility as an excuse for his war – TLK] (01/27/25)