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Russia-Ukraine war: How will it end and what's the price to pay for peace?
Three weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there are stark questions: Will the bloodshed continue for weeks? Will Ukraine end up a pawn between great powers? What is Russia's price for peace? Historians and strategists weigh in.
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A woman is pictured in front of a residential building damaged during the Ukraine-Russia conflict, on March 11, 2022.
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SINGAPORE - Against the backdrop of the Black Sea, in the resort town of Yalta, Crimea, three men sat down in an ornate room of the Livadia Palace - the former summer retreat of the last Russian czar - in the final days of World War II in Europe in 1945.
The "Big Three", as they were known - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin - must have felt the weight of history on their shoulders as they strategised the post-war contours and the future of Europe.
