A decision to negotiate over the heads of the Ukrainians would reveal just how Trump sees Ukraine and Europe.
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That doesn’t seem to be what Chad Freeman thinks on the matter.
He seems to post that the US and Russia are pro-continued war, while Ukraine (and Zelensky) would (obviously) like it to end, though probably not at the cost of both Russian occupied zones.
US and Russia both gain from continued warfare, so poor Ukraine is stuck in the middle.