Why Trump’s Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal Won’t Work

When President Donald Trump’s administration recently proposed a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s response was calculated and cagey as one might expect. He did not reject it outright – that would have left him open to charges that he, not Zelensky, is the principal impediment to peace – but he conditioned Russia’s acceptance of any such ceasefire in a way that made those negotiations practically impossible.