It's Friday, September the 13th, 2024.

Welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Ryan Denison.

When pressed on how he would approach the war in Ukraine, should he win in November,

former President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the war

just needs to end. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and the ABC moderators attempted to contrast

that statement with the idea that Ukraine needs to win. But while the majority of Americans still

want to see Ukraine retake their territory and defeat Russia,

a growing percentage agree with the former president.

So what would it look like for the war in Ukraine to end quickly?

And is that an outcome that either Ukraine or Russia would be interested in pursuing?

Let's start by looking at it from Ukraine's perspective. While Ukraine has done

far better than much of the world expected when Russia decided to cross their borders and

devastate much of their country, it's becoming increasingly difficult to see a way that they can

turn the tide and retake the land that they've lost. To be clear, that is still their goal,

and some believe that their recent invasion of Russia

was meant, at least in part,

to give them something with which to exchange for their territory

in an eventual treaty.

What is less clear, however, is whether they'll be able to hold that land

long enough for it to be of use.

Yet, despite the mounting odds, a poll of Ukrainian citizens earlier this year found that 73%

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