Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

The sticky wicket here is the Donbas, which Russia has now “annexed”. Ukraine does not want to cede that territory, that Russia now claims is part of Russia. Hence, you cannot have “both sides win” any more than Russia’s annexation of Crimea could be seen as an acceptable concession for Ukraine to have made 8 years ago. There is simply no middle ground here.