Ukraine’s need for safety is not the same as ours. Theirs is a need for territorial integrity. It includes a promise of no Russian boots on their soil. It also means no land is lost to its illegitimate claims. There can’t be a stronger Ukraine with a lesser strategic position. Finally, no vital infrastructure can be open to cursory destruction.
President Zelenskyy is aware that Putin bargains for more than he’s worth. It’s why he fights back so hard. He orders his country to do so too. He knows the illegality of this war. He already gets that a Russian tyrant can’t win, for the sake of the world too. His effort is to hold out against an enemy that is sabre rattling at us.
