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minus-squareKepabar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoExactly. There really is nothing to negotiate anyway. Ukraine does not want to give up territory. Giving Russia anything for it is tatamount to paying a ransom. It would only encourage Russia to invade again in a decade or less. Russia turning around and giving up the territory without gaining anything is just accepting complete defeat. They won’t do that. So it’s a battle of attrition, both morale and economic.
Exactly.
There really is nothing to negotiate anyway.
Ukraine does not want to give up territory.
Giving Russia anything for it is tatamount to paying a ransom. It would only encourage Russia to invade again in a decade or less.
Russia turning around and giving up the territory without gaining anything is just accepting complete defeat. They won’t do that.
So it’s a battle of attrition, both morale and economic.