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Russia and Ukraine both reluctant to cede territory, but some Western allies are losing patience
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-endgame-analysis-1.6911021
"The history of negotiating with Vladimir Putin for the past 22 years has been a history of broken promises. The Russian state is brutally corrupt, increasingly attached to militarism and increasingly untrustworthy."
Still, the argument fills the pages of the respected Foreign Affairs magazine, where dueling headlines proclaim the conflict in Ukraine is an "Unwinnable War" and negotiations are the only realistic endgame, countered by the claim that "Russia Can Only Be Stopped On The Battlefield."
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/unwinnable-war-washington-endgame?check_logged_in=1&utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=lo_flows&utm_campaign=registered_user_welcome&utm_term=email_1&utm_content=20230718
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/should-america-push-ukraine-negotiate-russia-end-war#russia-can-be-stopped-only-on-the-battlefield
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sober thought and analysis
which would you go for?