Ukraine: once more around the loop

Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position for an eventual ceasefire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

November 25, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—If the Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to the Russians, they don’t need United States President Donald Trump’s help. The “ungrateful” wretches can do that for themselves.

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