According to Washington Post, [the US government is asking Ukraine to be more open to negotiations with the current Russian regime][1]:

> The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to
> signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public
> refusal to engage in peace talks unless President Vladimir Putin is
> removed from power, according to people familiar with the discussions.

From both an economic and a humanitarian point of view, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a disaster. Still, **I wonder if a long war is not actually a geopolitical advantage for the US**.

As time flows, Russia is losing both military (lots of men and equipment) and economic (due to drastic sanctions and Europe reducing the dependency on Russian oil and gas). As a consequence, Russia will become less and less relevant as a global power and the US can focus more on the bigger problem: China.

Is a prolonged war in Ukraine a geopolitical advantage for the US? Or the geopolitical context is more complex than that?




  [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/05/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations/