Ukraine

When the war in Ukraine first started the rationale was that if you didn't stop Putin he would then go into other countries in his quest to reunite the old Soviet Union. Putin has since found out that it was far more costly than he anticipated and he has learned an important lesson the hard way and is much less likely to invade again. Now is the time to negotiate a peace settlement. The NATO powers can push for Russia to receive the parts of Ukraine that are Russian speaking and have already voted to secede. Russia in return will withdraw all forces from the other parts of Ukraine. He can then go home an claim victory and the lives of many Ukrainians can the begin the difficult process of rebuilding. The money that was going to be used to fund the war can be used to rebuild.