Trains no longer go to Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk area, which is part of the Donbas that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin claims entirely. It’s another proof of Russia’s increasing ascendancy. Instead, the last station is currently located on the western side of the Donetsk border. This is where citizens and soldiers wait for a ride to relative safety, their train out of Dodge.
Putin has sounded more optimistic after revelations of US offers to end the war, which are largely seen as in line with his maximalist objectives. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says territory remains the most challenging problem in the US-led peace talks.
At the line’s final station, soldier Andrii and his lover Polina say their goodbyes after an all-too-brief relationship. Andrii has to return to the front, and they don’t know when they’ll meet again. He laughs every time I discuss peace talks, which have seen Donald Trump’s envoys meet with Ukrainian negotiators before traveling to Moscow, and dismiss them as “chatter, just talk.” He does not believe the war will end soon.
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