'What's really needed is a ceasefire in Ukraine'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference with and U.S. President Joe Biden

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Congress to approve another $61 billion in aid to help his country fight Russia's invasion

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By Harold Maass, The Week US

published 13 December 2023

'It's becoming increasingly clear that the war in Ukraine is an unwinnable quagmire'

John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist

There should be a cease-fire in Ukraine, not Israel, says John David Davidson in The Federalist. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Congress to approve another $61 billion in aid to help his country fight Russia's invasion. It's a "neocon fantasy" to expect $61 billion to accomplish what $100 billion didn't, and "enable a Russian 'defeat' that would send Putin running back to Moscow." A cease-fire deal trading land for independence is the best Ukraine can get.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.