Agreements with the tsar in 1654 for friendship, with Lenin for peace in 1919, with Yeltsin for nuclear disarmament in 1994, with Putin for the Black Sea Fleet in 2010 – none led to more catastrophic defeats and losses.
However, war with Muscovy never led to catastrophic defeats and losses. In wars with Moscow, outcomes varied, but there was always a chance of victory. Losses from war with Russia were always tens or even hundreds of times less than losses from peace with Russia (four million died torturous deaths in the Holodomor with zero on the enemy’s side).
Therefore, only an enemy or an idiot could sincerely call for peace with Russia.
Every Ukrainian politician is obliged to know the history of the disease and explain healthy prescriptions to society, not suicidal ones. A mother who forces a child to swallow a bitter pill and convinces them to get a painful injection is doing the right thing. But a mother who gives sweets to be the good one is a criminal mother.
Ukraine can consider a temporary truce. But only as a tactical trick, a way to gain advantages over the enemy in war. But with these attempts to outsmart the enemy, one must not overestimate themselves: the enemy is a master of deception. If you are not a professional diplomat with proper education, it’s better not to venture where the enemy is skilled. Recent naive attempts to outsmart Putin confirmed this: they ended with Putin pretending to believe in your attempts to meet halfway, then overturning the table and attacking on February 24. These were the latest attempts to negotiate (outsmart): lost 10 million in emigration and thousands in captivity.
War can be hard. But sometimes you just need to endure.
The ratio of combat losses in the war now is 1 to 6. During Operation “Vivaldi” – 0 to 100.
It is better to conduct “Vivaldi.” There’s always time to risk losing another 4 million.
Collage: Focus
