I think there should be a time where both sides need to hear what each other has to say about a potential cease fire. Russia is not negotiating from a position of strength, however Ukrainians must also take a more realistic approach. The problem since the start of this war was both sides completely misjudged each other. Ukrainians didn't want to believe Putin would invade despite them annexing and pestering Ukraine for over half a decade. Putin didn't think the West would give them massive support and a president not surrendering. Everyone kind of F-ed up.
So the problem I see is this. Everyone is STILL trying to downplay what Putin is willing to do next when in fact he has shown to be this idiotic crazy person who triple downs over and over again. He goes as far as killing any oligarchs who opposes his view point and the mistake we shouldn't make again is to downplay where he is willing to go next despite how strategically stupid it is. Strategic stupidity is not of Putin's concern and we have seen for the last 8 months pretty clearly.
This is why the possibility of nukes and WW3 became higher as Ukrainians are winning. Those who thinks "oh yeah Russia will eventually give up and go home" is pretty much as naive as "oh yeah Russia will never invade us, we are neighbors and we like each other" 8 months ago.
Musk pretty much sees the eventual outcome but provide support for Ukrainians to give them as much negotiating power as possible. Now Ukrainians feel like they can completely wipe the floor with Russia through their victories which is most likely short sighted. It's a hopeful outcome but the least likely. I understand why Ukrainians feel this way and if I were their leader, I would to. WW3 is really not what Ukrainians are afraid of at all. They have more to gain from WW3 than what non-participating nations have to lose.
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