{"id":454431,"date":"2022-05-29T02:50:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T23:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-end-the-ukraine-war-before-western-allies-give-up\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T02:50:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T23:50:46","slug":"how-to-end-the-ukraine-war-before-western-allies-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-end-the-ukraine-war-before-western-allies-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to end the Ukraine war before Western allies give up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e74560c71\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e74560c71\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-end-the-ukraine-war-before-western-allies-give-up\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_end_the_Ukraine_war_before_Western_allies_give_up%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to end the Ukraine war before Western allies give up&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_end_the_Ukraine_war_before_Western_allies_give_up%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to end the Ukraine war before Western allies give up&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As Russia lays cruel siege to Severodontesk, as the death toll rises and the atrocities drag on, it\u2019s time to ask: How does this war end, or at least reach a cease-fire?<\/p>\n<p>Morally, Vladimir Putin deserves to keep <em>none<\/em> of his territorial gains. That goes back to his earlier seizure of Crimea and moves into the Donbas. Then, as now, the Russian strongman grabbed his neighbor\u2019s territory with zero justification.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, those moral claims won\u2019t determine practical results.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the bravery and resilience the Ukrainians have so far displayed suggest they\u2019re willing to fight on to full victory. But Volodymyr Zelensky and his forces face three crucial limits.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the possibility of Russian escalation. Backed into a corner, Putin truly might be mad enough to go nuclear \u2014 betting, say, that using a tactical nuke or two might transform his foes\u2019 calculations.  <\/p>\n<p>Second is Ukraine\u2019s lack of resources. Its forces have fought far above their weight, but  they depend on the West for materiel.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the third factor: the willingness of the West, especially the United States, to keep providing the lethal (and non-lethal) aid that lets Ukraine keep fighting. Yes, Washington has committed billions, but America faces its own domestic problems, including an inflation crisis and a midterm election already sucking public support away from US involvement. And several European allies are even shakier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Congress.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-22452165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Congress.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Congress.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Congress.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden and Congress have committed $40 billion in aid to Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The West seems willing to back Zelensky &amp; Co. until Putin stops trying to take more territory, but it may well quail at major Ukrainian offensives beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>An actual peace deal looks impossible: Neither Putin nor Zelensky seems willing to settle on a permanent division of Ukraine\u2019s territory, and Putin\u2019s word plainly can\u2019t be trusted anyway. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the pre-February status quo seems the very best Ukraine can hope for, and even that could come with carveouts in areas of the country\u2019s energy-rich east that Putin now controls.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Putin-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin \" class=\"wp-image-22452204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Putin-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Putin-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Putin-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted with ending his invasion on his own promise.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MIKHAIL METZEL\/Sputnik\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the war needs to end, for everyone\u2019s sake: Ukraine\u2019s civilians and the soldiers on both sides (remember, most ordinary Russian troops are just pawns sent into the meat grinder). As well as the rest of the world: The sudden loss of Ukrainian wheat exports is a huge blow to the global food supply.<\/p>\n<p>Even temporary, internationally unrecognized territorial gains for Putin will be a bitter pill for Ukraine. But the autocrat remains a <em>persona <\/em>utterly <em>non grata <\/em>in Europe and America, facing continuing sanctions and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> pariahdom. (Indeed, the Ukraine war and its aftermath may well provoke a wholesale rethinking by the West of its entanglement with China, too).<\/p>\n<p>And the US and allies can, <em>must<\/em>, take real steps to make sure that any future Putin incursion would get stopped cold. That means getting Ukraine enough materiel to make a renewed assault hopeless. <\/p>\n<p>A ceasefire doesn\u2019t mean Ukraine has lost. 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Morally, Vladimir Putin deserves to keep none of his territorial gains. 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