The fighting between the Russian Federation and Ukraine drags on, taking a terrible toll on both countries. It has already wreaked havoc for over a thousand days. Though hopes for peace rose after Trump took office, recent diplomatic gaffes have sent them plummeting. Rather than ending, the conflict now seems more likely to continue and even escalate.
Russia and Ukraine will end the war when they want to, on their own terms. The problem is not that the parties want to keep fighting—both do