High price for defeat

A successful attempt to restore direct negotiations between the Russians and Ukrainians, which was staged in Istanbul at the end of last week, was an important event. If they were to say the opposite, it would be humiliating for about two thousand Russian and Ukrainian military prisoners who could soon step into freedom, as they agreed on a negotiating table.

Meeting face -to -face between enemies was also important because their at least principled willingness to think about how to finally move from actions to words. They are also encouraging to be very similar to the official responses from the hostile capital, where they praised the reconstruction and the proceeds of the renewal of the negotiations. The negotiating decision was praised that such bilateral conversations would continue. Although, as the first attempt showed, it will be difficult to agree on what will be the topic of negotiations.

The differences in the negotiating positions are still so invincible so far that until recently, the idea of ​​restoring direct negotiations that had already held was almost unimaginable until recently, but Ukraine withdrew with them with the advice of Western Allies. Historians will once argue about whether it was wise for the Ukrainians to listen to foreign leaders, whether it would be more wise if they were left at the negotiating table and accepted the then Russian offer, stopping blood overflowing, and Ukraine would be much more than it was now.

If the negotiations collapse again, the Ukraine will be even less, much less next time, the Russian negotiators were openly threatened. It would be untrue to doubt the severity of their threats. Just as it would be frivolous if the authorities in Kiev had not begun to think about whether it would not be best to conclude a peace agreement as soon as possible, given the enemy’s everyday success on the front. To put it realistically, the sooner they do, the smaller their defeat.

At one time, Ukrainians will find that they have paid a very high price for something they did not achieve.