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Spectator Australia · John Foreman · Sunday 26 April 2026

Ukraine won't give up at the behest of Donald Trump

Four years after Putin promised a fortnight's work, Ukraine is still standing — and now being told by Trump to call it a day.

Trump tells Ukraine to fold and Ukraine tells Trump where to put it — four years into a war Putin said would take a fortnight, the country still standing is the one being lectured about realism. Mate, the Ukrainians have learned more about sovereignty in four years than Washington's managed in fifty.

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