Russia Matters, 11/27/24

Many U.S. officials now privately concede that within a few months, Ukraine could be pushed into negotiations with Russia to end the war and that it could be forced to give up territory, WP reported on Nov. 26. Speaking publicly on that day, Anthony Blinken acknowledged that Ukraine might end up entering into talks with Russia sometime soon, according to NYT. A statement, which Blinken and his G-7 colleagues adopted after their meeting on Nov. 26, contained no explicit calls for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Meanwhile, a Pew poll released one day before the G-7 event shows that Americans are split on whether the U.S. has a responsibility to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s invasion. Half of Americans say the U.S. is responsible, while 47% say it is not, according to Pew’s Nov. 12–17 poll.