Source: The American Conservative
by Andrew Day
“Both Ukraine and Russia, before making a deal, want some assurance that the other won’t treat peace as a mere pause in fighting and then restart the war at an opportune moment. As always in the high-stakes game of international politics, no leader wants to be a sucker, and every state tends toward paranoia about its security. … There’s a creative way out of this impasse. Moscow has indicated it would permit [sic] Kiev to join the European Union. And the EU has a mutual defense arrangement that would amount to a long-term security guarantee for Ukraine if it joins the Union.” (12/30/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trump-can-push-europe-to-secure-ukraine/