Despite a concerted push by the Trump administration to end the war in Ukraine as quickly as possible, Fred Fleitz told Newsmax on Tuesday that he does not see the conflict ending anytime soon.
The former CIA analyst and onetime National Security Council chief of staff told ?Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that “there is a significant sticking point, I understand, on Ukraine giving away territory it controls in the Donbas to Russia, which I don’t think Ukraine’s going to agree to.”
Fleitz stressed that “the way I see this right now is I don’t think Russia is ready for a deal. I think Ukraine is understanding through this process that there will be a deal eventually. It’s going to be painful, and they’re going to have to determine how much pain they want to endure.”
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