In a talk at Princeton University, Milley said that from a military perspective the war was now at a stalemate with Russia unable to achieve its original goals.

“It is unlikely that anyone will be able to achieve a political solution through military means,” he said in the comments as reported by Voice of America.

“Therefore both sides should recognize this and achieve an alternative method to solve their political problem, and that would be negotiation.”

“Neither side is ready to negotiate and they are going to keep banging away at each other militarily unless something strange, unanticipated or unexpected happens on that battlefield,” he added.

https://kyivindependent.com/negotiations-needed-to-end-war-in-ukraine-but-putin-cannot-be-trusted-says-mark-milley/