No talks with tyrants

The media and persons are spouting things around the Ukraine war with no verified basis in reality or context. For one, there is no evidence that Putin or Russia have plans to invade Europe, after having fully withdrawn 30 years ago, though continually portrayed that way by for example by the false analogy presented by Mr. Lysyy of stopping Hitler in 1939.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia did not occur out of the blue, without a history. Omitted by western media is mention of the civil war taking place in Eastern Ukraine for the past 8 years and the preeminent role of the US in creating and starting that conflict. The US and NATO have been arming and training Ukraine to fight Russia since a 2014 coup that was sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy, a CIA cutout. This coup was led by Ukrainian neo-Nazis, who were also at the forefront of the racist attacks on ethnic Russians in the eastern provinces, where 10,000 civilians were killed, mostly ethnic Russian Ukrainians, since 2014. There are photos of US military personnel training Ukrainians wearing Nazi insignia on their uniforms. The Nazis themselves openly boast on videos of their primary role in the coup and of committing genocidal war crimes.

The truth is that US/NATO have been expanding militarily in to Ukraine (and other east European countries) and this has been known for decades to be an existential, primary threat to Russia.

With the context of the US being involved in Ukraine up to the eyeballs, the Russian invasion appears to be more defensive than offensive. To make rash statements without understanding the whole situation is dangerous where two nuclear powers stand on the brink of confrontation.

The way you deal with a tyrant is press them until they ask to talk. Appeasing an aggressor brings neither peace nor a cessation of aggression.

Dear Yevgeniy - before you mention a parallel with the Nazi regime, you need to dig a bit further into history. The reason Hitler was able to annex part of France, then Austria and the eventual invasion of Poland is that the other European powers primarily France and Great Britain set on their hands. The entire Second World War could have been avoided had France and Great Britain stopped Hitler once he invaded the Saar region. Their military was far more powerful than Hitler's at the beginning. That is well documented.

Unfortunately, Yevgeniy, you’ve listed the main reason why nations will not provide troops to Ukraine – Russia has nuclear weapons. Biden surrendering Afghanistan and gifting the Taliban with $80 billion in cash and weapons was likely a green light for Putin to take action against Ukraine. As for Russian oil or Russian gas, has America actually stopped buying? Or is America buying through a third party? As for no dialogue or no business, how do you expect to stop the war? Or are you ceding Ukraine to Russia.