If they were to enter peace talks based on the premise of ceding territory, would that not strengthen Russia; sending the message that this sort of robbery works and is rewarded? And would that not pose a danger to other neighbours of Russia?
I can see why it's in both Ukraine's interest, and its allies, for it to not cede territory.
Having said all of this: I am not a military strategist or diplomat, and I don't really know what I'm talking about.
For example: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-bor...
> “We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
> [..]
> Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
> [..]
> U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
Which links to https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-bus...
> Johnson’s visit came a day after the U.K. pledged an additional 100 million pounds ($130 million) in high-grade military equipment to Ukraine.
On top of that, Ukraine joining NATO guarantees Russia not backing down. It's at least part of the reason Ukraine wasn't a member in the first place: Russia doesn't want NATO advancing to their border. Ukraine joining NATO is the opposite of that.
Ask Ukrainian men who are forbidden to leave the country and risk getting drafted every day.
It's only their health, their limbs and their very lives that would be sacrificed so that Ukraine's "allies" can get a better footing in their next confrontations with Russia.
I think this mindset betrays a lack of understand at how power-hungry bullies work. They aren't reasonable.
It's not a case of "negotiate with them THIS time, and all will be fine" (as if they have a single, specific grievance).
Choosing to defer pain now invites much, much more later.
If Ukraine will stop fighting their independence and the country is over.
They'll never join EU or NATO. There will be no investments to rebuild.
People who left will never return back.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-bor...
> They'll never join EU or NATO.
That would probably be a good thing. Russia doesn't want NATO to advance to its border, doing so is just provoking them, as it has before Ukraine: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/27/ukraine-drops-...
> Ukraine was considered a potential Nato partner along with Georgia. Concern in many Nato countries increased in 2008 when Russia responded with military force to a Georgian attack on South Ossetia, an enclave in Georgia.
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> Since then, most Nato countries, including the US and Britain, have realised membership of Ukraine and Georgia would provoke conflict, notably with Russia. This month, the Albright report on Nato's new strategic concept made no mention of prospective Ukrainian membership of the alliance.
It became pretty clear in this war that refusing Ukraine was a mistake and caused the war.
Ukraine stated it will not yield an inch of land. It stated the peace talks are out of the question.
Stop spreading misinformation.
