Attempts to save the Putin regime from itself will fail. His war will end with 500,000 dead Russians and a dead Russian empire. It will not end any other way because he refuses to let it end any other way. His war aims remain maximalist. No one is going to accept such "peace proposals" because they are not actually about peace at all, but imposing a more advantageous position for his next war.
Someone always whinges about "empire," except for the Russian empire, which is apparently both acceptable and necessary because something something US imperialism something. For some reason, Putin is NEVER asked to change his mind or give up anything in these pacifistic pipedreams of negotiation. Deep down, even the Russophiles understand that they cannot change him, so they won't propose to even try. Amazing that they think Ukraine ought to.
Attempts to save the Putin regime from itself will fail. His war will end with 500,000 dead Russians and a dead Russian empire. It will not end any other way because he refuses to let it end any other way. His war aims remain maximalist. No one is going to accept such "peace proposals" because they are not actually about peace at all, but imposing a more advantageous position for his next war.
Someone always whinges about "empire," except for the Russian empire, which is apparently both acceptable and necessary because something something US imperialism something. For some reason, Putin is NEVER asked to change his mind or give up anything in these pacifistic pipedreams of negotiation. Deep down, even the Russophiles understand that they cannot change him, so they won't propose to even try. Amazing that they think Ukraine ought to.