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Originally Posted by Pierre
So I ask those, and you know who you are, should any peace deal that involves ceding territory to Russia be opposed and dismissed, and if not why have you changed your mind?
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I think it's always been up to Ukraine and it seems they are starting to look at such an agreement.
The thing is Russia has also been worn down as well, unless they want to go for full total war they're reaching the limits of what they can realistically achieve in Ukraine too.
In the end this should never have been 'worth it' for Russia. They've spent three years, lost hundreds of thousands of men, lost billions and decimated their army for a fraction of what they set-up to achieve. NATO has expanded, not retracted, and Russian oligarchs have lost their Western assets.
Hopefully, that makes them think twice if they want to try again in a few years - which history suggests they might.