It is in the best interests of Ukraine, and the west, to end this war as soon as possible | Christopher S Chivvis

Ukraine doesn't win this war on the battlefield. It wins by building itself into a prosperous, post-conflict democracy

Hawks in Washington continue to press Joe Biden to get even more deeply involved in the war in Ukraine. They want more military equipment for Kiev and more maximalist military and political objectives, which range from pushing Russia entirely out of Ukraine, to carving up Russia, to the removal of President Putin himself. They're right that Russia should lose the war and that Ukraine should win it. But they're wrong about how to get there.

Ukrainian and Russian forces are now in a slow, grinding war. Both have taken major losses, but Ukrainian casualties have been especially high. In the coming weeks, Russia might consolidate its position in the eastern Donbas region, Ukraine might scrape back a little more territory, or the fighting might come to a halt.

Christopher S Chivvis is the director of the Carnegie Endowment's Program on American Statecraft and a former US national intelligence officer