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Peace? It’s Starting to take shape.
While there is still fighting to be done, on the horizon, we can see not just a Ukrainian victory but a peace that may endure. Russia always comes from a maximalist position. In this case, we keep the lands we have captured. This is easy to do when you are winning. But when you reoccupy a few square kilometers at the cost of tens of thousands of lives, that position becomes more complicated.
This is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ten-point plan:
* Radiation and nuclear safety, focusing on restoring security around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, which is now Russian-occupied.
* Food security, including protecting and ensuring Ukraine’s grain exports to the world’s poorest nations.
* Energy security, with a focus on price restrictions on Russian energy resources, as well as aiding Ukraine with restoring its power infrastructure, half of which has been damaged by Russian attacks.
* Release of all prisoners and deportees, including war prisoners and children deported to Russia.
* Restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity and Russia reaffirming it according to the UN Charter, which Zelenskyy said is “not up to negotiations”.
* Withdrawal of Russian troops and the cessation of hostilities, the restoration of Ukraine’s state borders with Russia.
* Justice, including the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute…