VIENNA – We know what Russian President Vladimir Putin wants in Ukraine: to wipe the country off the map.
We also know what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants: to keep Ukraine alive as a democratic state. The question is what the West wants. What is its strategic goal?
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