The Beginning of the End of the Ukraine-Russia War

Trump’s latest peacemaking initiative has a better chance of success than the skeptics realize. Both Ukraine and Russia now need a respite from war.

Servicemen of the 808th Dniester Separate Support Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces work beside an explosive hazard-clearance machine during demining operations on a liberated territory in Kherson region, Ukraine, on November 22, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

And so the familiar rituals of peacemaking resume. The presid…