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Russia has no interest in stopping the war.

It is currently recruiting more and more soldiers into its army.

Power is taken never given

The DONALD TRUMPS of this world have no choice but to understand that facts are facts.

There are no granting security guarantees that will have any bearing to future borders without armed forces on the ground.

This war is set to last long time.

Wars are in fact aggressive forms of negotiation.

When a war starts it usually has a historical reason or some other justification.

Or some other rationality that usually is blurred by the killing.

War is described as an extension of politics by other means, but war is useless to resolve most social ills.

To negotiate anything one needs the consent of both parties. You cannot negotiate an agreement without the dispute sides being present.

Obviously when a war starts it’s much more difficult to negotiate anything other than a cease fire.

No two wars are alike.

Religion wars are probably the most difficult to stop, while a border schism perhaps caught at its outbreak is not as difficult.

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To stop the present Russian/ Ukraine war a target end state must be reached.

Ukraine becomes a member of the EU without NATO.

Elections are held to establish whether the

RUSSIA withdrew from occupied territories who elect to stay in the Ukraine.

This is then the new strategy really.

To be agreed to by a treaty signed by both Russia and the Ukraine guaranteeing peace and security.

Nothing is certain in war but at least the killing stop.

It is obvious that modern day wars do not any longer need vast armies and can be conducted without victories leading to miscalculation to the realities on the ground.

The international community no longer has a say in how wars are conducted.

This is self evident with the Israel war. Annihilation of a people and there is nothing left to fight against.

Just tell both side of war to stop achieves nothing. One has to drag the sides together so they see that the gap is not too wide.

The European Union must lock in longterm aid to the Ukraine provided its displaced population returns to rebuild the country.

This is where the European Union tools of sanctions must apply.

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