UAWS

The key US interest in Ukraine remains Vladimir Putin being unsuccessful in his attempts to rebirth an expansionist Russia that threatens military action across Western Europe (eg Poland & Balkans). Peace agreements are by nature difficult and require compromise, but it is essential that in any deal that Ukraine has both the geographic topography and strategic depth as well as a force structure capable of repelling any wide scale future Russian advance. The reports of a new US led peace agreement are positive if these conditions are met. I don’t want my kids fighting in WW3. Somehow forcing Russia into a deal that makes its people feel that they lost the war is unrealistic given the facts on the ground, but they cannot feel like they won it either. I salute President Trump’s ongoing efforts to bring the fighting in Ukraine to a close and to get our European allies to be more responsible actors for the defense of their own continent. It remains abhorrent that Putin’s regime has kidnapped thousands of Ukrainian children and they must be returned. 🇺🇸