Public support for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine is growing in Russia, with new polling showing record levels of backing for diplomacy. But the majority still insists on conditions that Ukraine — and its Western allies — are unlikely to accept.

The Kremlin is counting on Ukraine to grow weary of the war before Russia does, but Western countries have the power to shift the course of events, according to the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has proven extremely costly for the Russian military, with the Ukrainian General Staff announcing that one million Russian soldiers have been killed since the war began on February 24,

The notion of assassinating Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war, while a recurring Western fantasy, is a strategically and legally perilous idea. -Such an act would likely escalate the conflict, potentially leading to a harder-line Russian successor,

Ukraine has pretty much given up the idea that it can win a slugfest with Russia on the ground. Its army is pretty much static. The average age is up into the 30s of recruits. About 10 to 12 million people have left Ukraine. So, its problem is not technology. It’s not weaponry. It’s not money. It’s manpower. So that was pretty much what we saw.

PUTIN’s battlefield casualties have soared past the bloody one million milestone after 40 months of a war he expected to win within days. Ukraine’s fierce resistance has ensured Russia

Further economic sanctions against Russia are a failed strategy, representing Western “political exhaustion masquerading as resolve” rather than a path to victory in Ukraine. -After more than three years of war,

Russia has used its fleet of bombers to rain hellfire on Ukraine. On June 1, Kyiv responded by going after those bombers.