The EU should fast-track Ukraine’s membership of the club – it has the most to gain | Mujtaba Rahman

Key points

• Russia’s war on Ukraine is now in its fifth year and a ceasefire remains elusive.
• The US’s attention is divided, limiting external pressure for compromise, while Moscow and Kyiv both still believe they can strengthen their respective negotiating positions through battlefield gains.
• At some point, however, a deal will have to be done.
• The parameters of that deal are already understood by negotiators on all sides.
• Russia will give up on its original war aims and Ukraine will make de-facto territorial concessions.