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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. This is Potomac Watch.

Donald Trump's negotiators are taking another run at trying to get a truce in the Russian-Ukraine war, even as economic pressure, builds on Russia as sanctions and other pressure increases.

Meanwhile, a study gives new insight into the staggering casualties on both sides

of that conflict that is now approaching its fourth anniversary. What are the chances of a deal now

that could find a truce, if not a permanent end to the conflict? Welcome to Potomac Watch.

That's what we'll talk about today,

the daily podcast of Wall Street Journal Opinion. I'm Paul as you go here with Kate Batchelder,

O'Dell, and here in studio, Gillian Melcher, usually ensconced in London and frequent

traveler to Ukraine since the war began in 2020. Good to see you in person, Gillian.

So I'll just start by telling you what I heard from a U.S. official who's deeply involved

in the talks with both sides. And the person's actually optimistic, believe it or not,

about kind of getting some kind of settlement, said that one breakthrough is that they forced

both sides to talk

about security guarantees and put them down in tangible ways on paper so they could start to trade.

And that Zelensky, Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, is very happy with the security

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