![]() ![]() Pressure in the US to cut aid to Ukraine and force a peace settlement looks set to grow, regardless of whether Joe Biden is re-elected next year. Russia and France should “re-establish neighbourly relations”, he said. Parroting Russia’s demands, Sarkozy said Ukraine must accept the permanent loss of Crimea and other occupied territory and be excluded from Nato and the EU. Nicolas Sarkozy, a former French president who should know better, is the latest to join the ranks of mostly hard-right and hard-left French, German and Italian politicians who want to kiss and make up with Putin. Fear of nuclear confrontation, rising hunger in grain-starved poorer countries, and public “war fatigue” all fuel talk of talks. Last week’s multiple drone attacks deep inside Russia violently dramatised this concern. ![]() At the front, frustration leads to escalation and an alarming geographical widening of the war. Pressure for talks is gathering momentum as a military breakthrough eludes Ukraine’s forces. ![]()
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