Destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. (AFP photo)

After nearly four years of brutal fighting, multiple failed ceasefires, and a collapse of international diplomacy, a confidential peace proposal negotiated between American and Russian officials has finally come to light. The war in Ukraine, once expected to end in months, has instead hardened into a grinding conflict marked by massive casualties, scorched cities, and stalled diplomatic initiatives that never made it beyond photo-op summits.

Western-led peace efforts have repeatedly faltered. Early negotiations in Istanbul collapsed, proposals from European capitals were dismissed by Moscow, and Kyiv’s own peace formula gained symbolic support but little practical traction. As the front lines froze a

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