Negotiate

The cost of the war in Ukraine keeps going up and a negotiated peace should be the goal but there is a conflict between the generals and the administration. This is from an article in the NY Times in May of 2022. The more than $40 billion in additional aid to Ukraine approved by Congress on Thursday brings the total U.S. commitment during the Russian invasion to roughly $54 billion, when combined with the aid package passed in March. Biden is now asking for $13.7 billion more. When General Milley even suggested a negotiation the White House objected. Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley urged Kyiv and Moscow to find a "political solution" as the winter months loom, warning that the chances of a total military victory was "unlikely." The Biden administration is working to reassure the Ukrainian government, outside experts, and former US officials that it will not push Ukraine to imminently seek a diplomatic outcome to the war with Russia after the most senior US general publicly pushed for a more urgent diplomatic effort this winter. As estimated 200,000 have been killed and this number will continue to rise. The infrastructure of Ukraine is slowly being destroyed. It is looking more like Afghanistan every day and still no pressure to negotiate.