Ukraine’s government wants to restore the country’s frontier to where it was before Russia launched its first invasion more than a decade ago. The U.S. defense secretary said that was “unrealistic.” ...

The map highlighted Ukraine but did not include the Crimea peninsula as part of the country. Russia occupied and unilaterally annexed Crimea from Ukraine during its initial invasion in 2014.

The expansionism of the presidents of Russia and the United States sets a dangerous example for less powerful countries that have open territorial disputes with Ukraine ...