Nato’s emergency summit in Brussels on 24 March must be the occasion for hard words and fast thinking. If, by then, there is a proposed ceasefire deal offering neutrality to Ukraine, in return for territorial integrity, then for all its losses on the battlefield Russia will have dealt a setback to Nato by armed force.
Ukraine will have suffered half a trillion dollars’ worth of physical damage, and thousands of civilian deaths – because Nato failed to pursue a clear line of action with a country it had turned into a diplomatic client state. The people of Ukraine have a right to demand better.
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