Russia expert Fiona Hill on why the war in Ukraine won’t end anytime soon
By Scott Tong and Jill Ryan, UBUR, NPR
Efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have continued this week, but there are no signs of a major breakthrough.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She served in the first Trump administration as a Russia expert and later became a witness in his first impeachment hearing.
7 questions with Fiona Hill
Are there any signs that this war will end soon?
“No, I’m afraid not. I mean, I wish I could say that that would be the case. It would take some kind of major breakthrough, which is always a possibility. There’s always those outside chances that nobody should rule anything out. But there’s just no sign that Vladimir Putin at this particular juncture wants to give up anything short of pretty serious demands that it’s very hard to imagine Ukraine accepting, notwithstanding the fact that, of course, Ukraine is hurting from this war. Of course it is. And this war has been a colossal cost to Russia, too.
