OHH I THOUGHT HE’S THERE TO FIGHT OFF NAZI, NOT TAKING LAND.
This is what Europe should propose to Putin. Russia will withdraw from all land it seized from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. NATO would be dissolved and replaced with a European alliance. Ukraine and Canada would be permitted to join but not the US. All sanctions against Russia will be lifted. Russia will not be required to pay reparations. If Putin doesn’t accept the proposal, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.
Nope, that’s being too nice to Russia. They definitely need to pay massive reparations to Ukraine.
Putin won’t agree to reparations. A proposal has to be offered that Putin could accept.
It’s not just about Putin. It’s also about the precedent you create by letting Russia go Scot-free.
What’s going to stop him from rebuilding his army and doing it again if there are no consequences? What message does it convey to other bad actors?
There are consequences. He loses all the land he took in the 2022 invasion. The European Alliance will stop future invasions.
What about Taiwan and Cuba? If Russia has basically no externally enforced consequences, China and the US will start looking at their backyards a little differently