Don’t give Putin anything extra. Just draw the lines where they are right now and call a ceasefire and shut it down.
We can "just" throw stuff against the wall, maybe bring in some magical unicorns - whatever - but NATO/US is not really dictating the terms. In fact, we kinda fk'd it all up.
That guys like Kellogg and Waltz have stopped wrecklessly shooting their mouths off should tell us something.
And they should keep their mouths shut - or nothing will happen "day 1" except more blackouts in Kiev.
“Don’t give Putin anything extra. Just draw the lines where they are right now and call a ceasefire and shut it down.”
I doubt the Russians, having spent so much boood and treasure, will be content with what they already have, they will want the full extent of the ethnic Russian provinces. The Ukraine and NATO lost, get over it.
You need Russia’s agreement.
You don’t need Ukraine’s agreement.