What Trump Really Needs to Do to End the Fighting in Ukraine

"I think it's a big tactical error to rule out a ceasefire and go directly to final status [issues], because it's most likely to prolong the war and make it difficult, if not impossible, to succeed," he said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine. The top priority should be to stop the fighting, he argued, with the broader disagreements fueling the battles to be resolved later. Ukrainians seem to understand this, but the trick is getting Russia to go along. That may require Trump to up the pressure on Moscow, Haass says. Haass also talked about the critical ingredients for…