[gloryblaze]

The understanding is Vlad achieves his initial goals....

That is called surrender.

[TexasGator]

“The understanding is Vlad achieves his initial goals....”

Vlad hg as written “Ukraine is just the beginning.”

[woodpusher]

That is called surrender.

That's what they called it when Gen. Robert E. Lee did it. When continuing is useless and only means soldiers dying needlessly, it is the proper and necessary thing to do.