"... we should not be looking for a change of heart in the Kremlin, but for signs of a systemic failure of the state that supports it.

Until then, hopes for a “negotiated settlement” serve only to prolong the bloodshed. Russia will not take an off-ramp; it needs to be defeated. ..."

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https://www.policymagazine.ca/putins-delusion-and-the-myth-of-a-negotiated-peace/