The Russians want to take land and kill Ukrainians en masse. Ukrainians insist on not giving up their homes and marching, hands bound, to the execution basements. When you say "push for a peace agreement" to finally achieve this vaunted Peace In Our Time, where do you propose to find middle ground? Which Ukrainian towns and cities are you okay to allow to be ethnically cleansed so that Dastardly Military Industrial Complex is left with fewer defence contracts?
