Putin weighs risks of US readiness to move on from stalled peace efforts in Ukraine

Russia’s war against Ukraine has become a natural environment for Putin’s regime to survive. This reality cannot be reconciled with the U.S. administration’s aim to end the senseless war, or with the Ukrainian and European desire for a stable and just peace, or with the longing for a normal life among the majority of Russians. The longer Putin ties his rule to this unwinnable war, the more inevitable it becomes that both will collapse under the weight of their own contradictions.