I Think the Ukranians Are Prepared to Formally Recognize Russian Control or Sovereignty Over Any Part of Ukraine, Including Crimea

On the terms on which this war ends, say, poot and wor tot, somehow be able to extract recognition by ukraine of the annexation of crimea some sort of independent, semi independent, semi autonymous status for those resions in the dombas that we ed about. That would represent a messy, admittedly, a bloody and expensive, but it would represent a victory, wouldn't it? For putin's use of force, we have to keep reminding the world what his original objectives werean - bringing all of u nunder russian control. The prospects for any kind of clean outcome to this where it basically just all ops is very low.