Il memorandum dell’Ucraina propone cessate il fuoco attraverso la terra, l’aria e il mare, NYT Reports | Kiev e i suoi alleati hanno esortato Mosca ad adottare un cessate il fuoco incondizionato a partire dal 12 maggio come primo passo verso i colloqui di pace: una proposta che la Russia ha ignorato.

From the article: Ukraine’s proposed memorandum to Russia includes provisions for a ceasefire on land, in the air, and at sea, to be monitored by international partners, the New York Times (NYT) reported on May 30, citing an unnamed senior Ukrainian official.

Ukraine has submitted its document to the Russian side ahead of a second round of peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow that may take place in Istanbul on June 2, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on May 28.

The points reported by NYT echo Ukraine’s and its partners’ long-standing call for a comprehensive, unconditional ceasefire on land, in the air, and at sea for at least 30 days — a proposal Russia has consistently ignored.

The peace talks in Istanbul also concluded on May 16 with no agreement between the two sides on a ceasefire. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Serhii Kyslytsia, who was present at the Istanbul talks, said that Russia’s negotiating team in Istanbul has repeatedly stated that “an unconditional ceasefire is categorically unacceptable.”

If Ukraine’s partners want Putin to listen, he must be made to listen. Understandable they have little practical experience actually twisting someone’s arm behind their back and compelling a behavior change, but they need to learn and apply coercion again as a matter of state craft. It will be punitive, forceful and even occasionally nasty. But World peace depends on it.

And if Putin pays the ultimate cost, that is a disaster of his making.

Russia wants to wipe Ukrainians off the map and *then* have peace.
Until they reload anyway.
I vote for putting the terrorists down. But nobody listens to me.