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Steve Witkoff’s “peace deal” looks like a Russian wish list, and Ukraine is not biting
The latest manoeuvres by Donald Trump are familiar
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Even at an accelerated recent pace, seizing Ukraine’s eastern regions would take more than two years
It is hoping to sap support for Ukraine and highlight America’s ambivalence
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
