Slow military progress over the summer bolstered those in western capitals calling for negotiations with Vladimir Putin to end the war. That position has been fiercely rejected in Ukraine, where many feel only total defeat of Russia will forestall another invasion; any settlement that rewarded Moscow for use of force would give it reason to try again in future. “If we stop advancing, the enemy will gather new forces and strengthen. We will reach the 1991 borders of Ukraine … We don’t want to see our kids and even our grandkids fighting against Russians, and who is there to stop them? Only us.”

Yo, fuck negotiations. Western capitals benefit from the destruction of russia. Support Ukraine.