Herbst: Putin wants peace talks, not peace

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John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and a former US ambassador to Ukraine, makes this point in an article published on the Atlantic Council website, according to Ukrinform. In his assessment, Putin’s strategic goal in Ukraine remains unchanged: to establish political control over the country. His primary means of achieving this goal is to weaken Western support for Kyiv, particularly that of the United States. The author recalls that since spring 2025, Donald Trump has put forward at least six initiatives to end or limit hostilities. Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to each of them, while Putin has…

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