More Ukrainians Want to Negotiate an End to the War. Soldiers Don’t Agree
The debate highlights a tension in Ukrainian society between those who are in combat and those who aren’t
Two-and-a-half years into the war, with tens of thousands dead and Russia advancing in the east, some Ukrainians are asking a question that had until recently been taboo: Is it time to try to negotiate?
Opinion polls show that support for some kind of negotiations with Moscow has been creeping upward since Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year failed to retake significant territory-though a majority of Ukrainians still say they want to keep fighting to retake all Russian-occupied land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes to use the territory Kyiv has seized in Russia’s Kursk region as leverage for a peace deal.
Two-and-a-half years into the war, with tens of thousands dead and Russia advancing in the east, some Ukrainians are asking a question that had until recently been taboo: Is it time to try to negotiate?
Opinion polls show that support for some kind of negotiations with Moscow has been creeping upward since Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year failed to retake significant territory-though a majority of Ukrainians still say they want to keep fighting to retake all Russian-occupied land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes to use the territory Kyiv has seized in Russia’s Kursk region as leverage for a peace deal.