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The ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States on Tuesday and accepted by Ukraine is part of a plan, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “to end this conflict in a way that’s enduring and sustainable.”
It’s a promise fraught with risk for Ukraine. The last time it signed a peace accord with Russia, 10 years ago this February, it brought only sporadic violence, mounting distrust, and eventually full-scale war.
“I told President Trump about this,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview last month with CNN affiliate CNN Turk. “If you can get Putin to end the war, that’s great. But know that he can cheat. He…
