Why Ukraine is in an impossible spot with the White House peace deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Trump is also demanding the Ukrainian leader sign off on a lock-in of the front lines, effectively ceding control of occupied areas in Luhansk, Donetsk and elsewhere to Russia, and that he give up on any plans to join NATO, in exchange for "robust security guarantees.
39% : Bottom line: Trump is asking Zelensky to make massive national-security concessions while abandoning hopes of a more realistic treaty and concrete security that might make such concessions strategically tenable -- and allow him to try and sell the Ukrainian people on the bargain.
37% : True, Russia appears to have a stronger hand, and Trump's not wrong to want to get to a cease-fire quickly. To do that, Ukraine will have to make some concessions, especially if Trump won't change course, side unequivocally with Kyiv and massively up US aid.
25% : As the fallout will be on Trump if he abandons Ukraine.
15% : Trump can't simply blame the war on Joe Biden and wash his hands of responsibility for what happens on his watch.
11% : Ironically, that's what Biden tried to do with his botched Afghanistan bugout: Blame Trump for it, since he'd set a path toward pulling out US troops during his first term.

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