[kabar]

The best way to keep them alive is to negotiate a peace. Ukraine cannot win this war. The best outcome would be a status quo ante bellum.

[ought-six]

“The best way to keep them alive is to negotiate a peace. Ukraine cannot win this war. The best outcome would be a status quo ante bellum.”

Agree: Russia withdraws to pre-2014 status.

[unclebankster]

“The best outcome would be a status quo ante bellum.”

I agree with you, but DC & Kiev say “Nyet.”

Zelensky and DC want Crimea and two other regions back for Ukraine.
The war must go on until these objectives are met.

The Ukraine & US formalized our “ad hoc” alliance in 2008 & 2021 with two documents being signed by both parties.
Those documents are called “US Ukraine Charter for Strategic Partnership.”

We’ve an alliance with Ukraine, an alliance many Americans don’t know or care about.

[Freee-dame]

The best way to keep them alive is to negotiate a peace.

If they negotiate a peace, they might not get 40 Billion dollars, some of which will go to pay the salaries, benefits and pensions of Ukrainian government workers.

40 Billion is 40,000 payments of ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH. It is a number so big that it is difficult to imagine.