Ukraine’s Strikes Were Meant to Push Putin to Talk — Instead the Kremlin Says There’s Only One Path Left: Escalation

Far from forcing Putin to negotiate, Ukraine's drone campaign appears to have hardened the Kremlin, which reportedly sees only one path left: escalation. Moscow's hope that Trump would prove a neutral partner — the "Spirit of Anchorage" — has given way to the "Spirit of Ankara," where the U.S. backed a 70-billion-euro aid package for Kyiv.