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Trump’s plan to end the war – is the timeline shifting?

Expectations for an imminent end to Russia’s war in Ukraine once Trump takes office as US President on 20th January took a knock this week, following an FT report and statements by officials suggesting that Trump was pushing back his timeline to end the conflict to several months. This gives rise to a broader range of scenarios for the war and its eventual resolution, including the US wanting to put Ukraine in a stronger position for peace talks and to extract more concessions from Russia.

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