Ukraine gives Trump Christmas goodies — and Putin a lump of coal — ahead of peace meet |
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a very merry Christmas.
That is if you believe murdering Ukrainian civilians is a way to spend a holy day.
Five more were killed Christmas Day.
Boxing Day was no different. In Kharkiv, two people were killed and three more injured. One of the badly wounded — only hours after celebrating her first Yuletide — was a 9-month-old girl.
Putin has now murdered more than 677 Ukrainian children and wounded another 2,310, per Ukraine’s prosecutor-general office.
Need perspective? That’s the equivalent of six-plus average American elementary schools.
“Peace on earth, good will to men” is wholly irrelevant to Putin. Not toward men or children.
He’s not after peace. Rather, he is out for every piece of Ukraine.
Sunday’s 1 p.m. peace talks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are, perhaps, the last best chance to craft a peace settlement before the war enters a fifth year.
Zelensky is certainly trying. On Christmas Eve, in a significant shift, he signaled his willingness to Team Trump to cede Ukrainian territory — temporarily, not permanently — to create a demilitarized........