President Trump is more interested

in ending the war in Ukraine than he is in the right outcome it seems.

The best possible outcome of course would be for the borders of Ukraine to return to what they were before the annexation of Crimea. That is unlikely but, at very least, Russia should be required to retreat to the borders prior to the "special military operation".  Anything less than that would, quite simply, be wrong. It would allow the aggressor to win.

It is likely the aggressor will win. Russia will gain territory. They will not pay reparations for the physical damage they have done and they can never pay damages for the psychological, emotional, educational and other damage. They have almost certainly succeeded in delaying the NATO decision. President Zelensky will be ousted, perhaps by some pro Russian leader who will want to return Ukraine into Russian hands. 

Yes, I have a pessimistic view of what might happen. I hope it does not. If NATO is more willing than it currently appears to be then all this might not happen. Much will depend on what Ukraine has to offer the rest of the world and how much they want it. I do know I would not like to live there. 

I gave away some things yesterday. I gave them to a family from Ukraine. They are struggling financially and emotionally. The mother quite literally wept as I handed over some clothes and other items. She has not seen or heard from her husband since well before Christmas and fears that he may not even be alive. Her eldest child, a boy of eleven, is trying to be the "man of the family". It is a heavy burden for a child.  They want to "go home" even while they are deeply appreciative of the opportunity to live here. 

I can understand their "homesickness". It is a very, very difficult emotional and social issue to handle. Everything seems strange to them. It is why they cling to each other. They have not made a choice to migrate. Their life here is temporary and they will go back but not to the same country. Ukraine will never be the same country again. This family will likely not even go back to the same part of their country because the area is under Russian control.

I fear for what President Trump and President Putin are planning. They both seem to believe that Ukraine should just surrender territory and much more. Will Putin be satisfied with just that? Of course not. It will be just a start. He still dreams of returning to what he sees as the glory days of the  USSR, not simply Russia. There are many who dream along with him.

It should never have been allowed to get this far.