Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Galen Carpenter
“Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently ruled out making any territorial concession as part of a peace accord to end his country’s war with Russia. NATO’s European members (with the partial exceptions of Hungary and Turkey) continue to support Kyiv’s uncompromising stance. Indeed, many European leaders seem even more insistent than Zelensky himself regarding the issue. Persisting in such recalcitrance, though, guarantees that even more Ukrainians will perish in a hopeless cause. Insisting on giving no territorial concessions to Moscow ignores current and prospective battlefield realities. Like it or not, Russia is slowly but inexorably winning the grinding war of attrition.” [editor’s note: Neither side is “winning” – TLK] (09/08/25)