How to Protect Ukraine's Sovereignty

[truckin]

In an article from February 8, 2022, Jeffrey D. Sachs proposes the following:

Specifically, Russia would agree to withdraw its troops from Eastern Ukraine and demobilize near Ukraine’s border; and NATO would foreswear enlargement into Ukraine, provided that Russia respects Ukraine’s sovereignty and that Ukraine respects Russian security interests. Such an agreement is possible because it is in the interest of both sides.

Wondering what people think about this proposal?

https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/how-to-protect-ukraines-sovereignty

[Beastly Boy]

1. Russia gave its assurances to respect Ukraine's soverengty and more in 1994,

when it signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances and Ukraine gave up its nukes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances).

And Sachs is proposing that now NATO keep out of Ukraine forever, no matter the circumstances, in exchange for Russia giving fewer assurances than the ones it broke? How'bout Ukraine getting its nukes back first?

[dalton99a]

2. Pieces of paper mean nothing to Putin

Putin declared the Budapest agreement null and void - an agreement signed by Russia in 1994



https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf

[Volaris]

3. I think we should ask the Ukrainian People what they want.

If they decide they want to join NATO, Vlad can go fuck himself. If they decide otherwise, we leave them be. It's for them (and ONLY THEM) to decide what they want done with their democratically run nation state.