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Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 7). Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/07/opinion/putins-least-desperate-move-now-is-to-accept-a-truce/

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The article discusses Vladimir Putin's failing war efforts in Ukraine and the increasing pressure on Russia from military defeats and economic sanctions. Kyiv’s recent offensive operations have liberated significant territory and inflicted substantial casualties on Russian forces. Additionally, Ukraine's attacks inside Russia are disrupting Moscow's supply lines and infrastructure. The author argues that Putin's reliance on terror tactics to break Ukraine's will is failing as Western support for Ukraine grows, with NATO expanding closer to Russia. The piece suggests potential diplomatic moves by the US to encourage a truce, emphasizing the mounting risks for Putin if he continues his current strategy.

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Vladimir Putin is losing control of his brutal war on Ukraine. Kyiv’s "Operation Vivaldi" has reclaimed nearly 68 square miles of territory in Donetsk, inflicting over 2,000 casualties and capturing 250 Russian soldiers. The offensive also threatens Moscow's grip on Crimea, weakening Putin's hold there. Ukraine’s drones are disrupting supplies to the frontlines and hitting oil refineries deep inside Russia. Desperate, Putin has resorted to terror tactics, targeting civilians far from battle zones and bombing energy infrastructure to inflict suffering during winter. Despite hoping for a shift in Western European politics through elections, his war only strengthens Europe's unity against him and expands NATO closer to Russia’s borders.

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Vladimir Putin is losing his brutal war on Ukraine; what will make him accept a truce? asserted

him → lose → truce

Kyiv’s “Operation Vivaldi” keeps pounding away, driving Russian forces back and liberating villages in the Donetsk region, erasing most of Moscow’s (meager) gains of the last year. asserted

Vivaldi → keep → year

The offensive has so far liberated nearly 68 square miles of territory from Russian forces, taken 250-plus Russian prisoners and inflicted 2,000 casualties. asserted

offensive → liberate → casualties

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s drones are striking deep inside Russia and occupied Crimea, disrupting supplies to the front and slamming Putin’s oil refineries. asserted

drones → strike → refineries

With his battlefield strategy a total bust, he’s falling back on terror — targeting airstrikes on innocents far behind the lines and bombing energy infrastructure to maximize civilian suffering this winter — in a desperate hope that it finally breaks Kyiv’s will (which he’s been expecting for nearly five years now). asserted

he → fall → years

He’s also hoping elections in Western Europe end those nations’ support for Kyiv, but so far his war has only united Europe against him, with defense outlays growing and NATO expanded to his doorstep — when his invasion was supposed to push the alliance further away, if not break it entirely. asserted

invasion → hop → it

If he keeps it up, Lithuania will wind up hosting a US military base, with nuclear deployment; does he want one in Finland, too? asserted

he → keep → Finland

After the November elections, President Donald Trump can be more aggressive in pushing Putin to the table, including by exercising the powers granted him under the bipartisan Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. asserted

Trump → push → Act

In the meantime, the renewed flow of oil and gas out of the Middle East will soon drive down global prices, further cutting into the Kremlin’s energy revenues. asserted

flow → renew → revenues

The longer Putin waits, the greater the risk of more unpleasant surprises, including a domestic economic collapse that would leave him far more vulnerable to some kind of coup. asserted

that → wait → coup

His generals, his spies and his diplomats have failed him for five years now; nothing has worked out for him as promised. asserted

nothing → fail → him

He can stop the conflict now, even holding his gains have peace now — or keep pretending some miracle is around the corner, while risking even greater humiliation . . . or worse. asserted

miracle → stop → humiliation

Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce

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