"Leaked Pentagon documents reveal US and UK special forces in Ukraine as peace talks stall"

The grinding war between Ukraine and Russia is expected to continue into 2024, with neither side securing victory yet both refusing to negotiate an end to the conflict, according to a leaked Defense Intelligence Agency assessment. The analysis concludes that negotiations to end the conflict are unlikely during 2023 in all considered scenarios. The assessment, based on close U.S. scrutiny of each side’s troop counts, weaponry and equipment, could galvanize the war’s critics who have called on major powers such as the United States and China to push for Kyiv and Moscow to reach a settlement and end a conflict that has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands dead or wounded.