We’ve no right to grow ‘tired’ of Ukraine. Ever
The true depth of our obligation to Kyiv is only now becoming clear
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Narrated by Dominic Lawson
As winter falls on the front line in Ukraine — a line that has moved barely ten miles since Kyiv launched its counteroffensive five months ago — there is tangible pressure on the invaded nation to negotiate some sort of deal with President Putin. Earlier this month it was reported that the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, had been recorded telling a Russian prank caller masquerading as an African leader that there was “a lot of tiredness” over the war in Ukraine: “We are nearing the moment when everyone understands that we need a way out.”
Days later the American news channel NBC reported that “US and European officials have begun quietly talking to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might
