Time for Ukraine to ask for forgiveness. Just do it.
No forgiveness is needed for a people fighting against invasion. Nor will it be granted by the invaders. “Blood debts” need to be paid to the victors.
Like what happened in Cambodia during the Killing Fields, or in Hue City where the NVA slaughtered 5,000 captive Vietnamese civilians, or in Buccha at the start of this war were over 600 Ukrainian civilians were murdered by Russian troops.