Is It Time to Try Something New in Ukraine? Trump's High-Stakes Bet

Is it time to break the old playbook in Ukraine? With billions spent and no end in sight, Trump’s high-stakes mineral deal might offer a fresh path—or a new round of chaos?

The Ukraine-Russia conflict is a decades-long saga of clashing ambitions, Ukraine striving for independence, Russia clinging to influence, and the United States playing a pivotal yet contentious role. To be clear, the history between Ukraine and Russia is incredibly complex, stretching far back centuries before the U.S. even existed. That deep past, con…