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Commentary: Foreign policy on Ukraine shows the West’s arrogance. It’s not up to us to call the shots.

The destroyed bridge connecting the city of Lysychansk with the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbass, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Sunday, May 22, 2022.

The war in Ukraine has gone well from the perspective of Western pundits and officials. Russia has seen a series of costly reversals on the battlefield because of poor military performance and overambitious plans. Now many in the West are debating what should happen next. Shall we stay the course, continuing to fight on for more ambitious objectives — Ukraine’s full territorial integrity and further diminution of Russian power — or should we sue for peace, solidifying gains — a safe Kyiv and Russian drubbing — and

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