Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that he’d end the Russo–Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible if he were elected president. Asked how he would handle the war, Kennedy said quickly, “I would end it. The Russians want to end it.” To do this, Kennedy said he’d call for enforcement of the Minsk Accords,…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during an interview announcing his 2024 presidential bid on May 24, said that he hopes for a settlement of the Russia-Ukraine war. “I want to see a settlement of this,” DeSantis said. “I do not want to see a wider war.” While he admitted that it’s “unknowable” what the situation could…

Former President Donald Trump on March 25 predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would end up conquering all of Ukraine. Trump made the comments during the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas. When the Russo-Ukrainian conflict escalated in February 2022, Trump said, Putin “wanted to get a piece” of Ukraine. “Now, it…