What if Putin doesn't want peace - any peace?

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A woman being evacuated from the frontline town of Druzhkivka in the Donbas in the autumn. Photo by Emma Strauss.

The much-fought-over Ukrainian peace plan is based on one huge assumption: Vladimir Putin will opt for peace if he gets what he wants. But what if, like many imperialists before him, he simply doesn’t want peace? What if he believes peace wil…