Comparatively recent hopes for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war have been dashed by Russia’s continuing anger management issues, and its belief that the Western coalition that has supplied Ukraine with assistance in excess of $350 billion to date is fracturing.

Moreover, President Trump’s optimism about being able to bring about a quick ceasefire between the warring nations seems to have been wildly optimistic, particularly in view of his now-famous verbal sparring with President Zelensky at the White House on February 28th in which Ukrainian officials were asked to leave the premises.

The search for a temporary stoppage of the carnage has been made more difficult by the diametrically-opposed positions of Moscow and Kyiv: President Putin continues to condition any ceasefire on an agreement that would allow him to keep all of the land Russia currently occupies in the eastern provinces (about 20% of Ukraine) as well as be given those remaining lands he does not control in those very same provinces.

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