Ending a war on the invader’s terms is never a good thing.
AS long as the top politicians are still getting cash it will continue. Cut off the cash and it stops.
Ukraine must retreat from four provinces, de-militarize, de-nazify, drop NATO ambitions and for the West to remove all sanctions.
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.
On the eve of a conference in Switzerland to which Russia has not been invited, Putin set out maximalist conditions at odds with the terms demanded by Ukraine, apparently reflecting Moscow's growing confidence that its forces have the upper hand in the war.
He restated his demand for Ukraine's demilitarisation, unchanged from the day he sent in his troops on Feb. 24, 2022, and said an end to Western sanctions must also be part of a peace deal.
He also repeated his call for Ukraine's "denazification", based on what Kyiv calls an slur against its leadership.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-west-needs-find-way-work-with-russia-2024-06-14/
Russia has been playing softball with Ukraine. They may have to change tactics to end this.
I read where we are orchestrating bombing attacks (drones) on Russian territory. Given this, and our cutting the Norm Stream pipeline it seems like we are pushing closer to WW3 than any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, perhaps even closer.