What could the path to peace for Ukraine look like? The debate over possible scenarios for ending the war is intensifying every day, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in Washington. He has vowed to end the war quickly. Ukraine is under heavy pressure from intense waves of Russian attacks, despite promises of more weapons from Germany and the US. Trump's designated special envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, has a plan to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table.
But will Putin even consider it? President Zelenskyy may have to pay a high price for peace, especially if he wants to get the NATO protection he hopes for by temporarily giving up some territories…

On To the Point, we ask: War and Peace: A Deal with Putin at the Expense of Ukraine?

Our guests:
Rafael Loss, European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR
Thomas Wiegold, Military Expert
Marina Miron, King’s College London

01:00 Introduction of guests
01:45 Current state of the war: Ukraine is short on troops
02:45 Russia faces high losses but can still absorb them
03:20 Russia may deploy troops to Syria, weakening its position in the war against Ukraine
04:46 Both sides are suffering substantially
08:00 Freezing frontlines has not solved armed conflict in the past
10:20 Russia wouldn’t accept buffer zones between Russia and Ukraine
10:45 Ukraine doesn’t currently fulfill the criteria to join NATO
12:30 Germany doesn’t support NATO membership for a country at war
13:00 NATO is not prepared to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Russian border
14:30 If Europe doesn’t solve the problem, Russia may meddle in European affairs
15:20 The Ukrainian population is getting tired of the war, polls show
16:45 What happens if the war continues?
17:35 Elections in Germany might change the German stance
18:40 Europe has not boosted the military industry as required
19:15 France and Germany in crisis means trouble for Ukraine
21:10 The economy in Russia is deteriorating, risking the financing of the war
22:15 Europe can’t produce enough armaments for Ukraine
23:10 The sanctions against Russia don’t work; Russia is still selling oil
25:00 If the West hadn’t implemented sanctions, Russia would be even stronger today

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