Editorial: La Vanguardia

• Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has requested a limited-time ceasefire to accelerate peace negotiations in Ukraine.
• Orbán is at odds with the EU and Ukraine, who fear this would merely offer Russia more time to strengthen their conquest.
• Although European support for Ukraine is solid, European public opinion is increasingly convinced that Ukraine will not win the war.
• 59% of Ukrainians believe they will defeat the Russians, but 45% would be willing to surrender part of the occupied territory to maintain Ukrainian sovereignty.
• Most Europeans believe that Ukraine should only join NATO and the EU if Russia agrees following negotiations.
• Ukraine is currently not prepared to negotiate with Russia and prefers to continue fighting.
• 46% across 35 countries has lost confidence in the leadership capacity of the Ukrainian president, Zelensky.
• At a citizen level, no European country reflects support towards sending troops to Ukraine.
• The EU is in negotiations with Ukraine for its accession, but there is notable resistance from France, Germany, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

Conclusion: The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is at a standstill and it seems that the only way out will be through peace negotiations, once both parties admit that they can't win and haven't lost.

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