1. Provide any deserting Russian soldiers with refugee status and $3,000 in cash
2. Enable willing fighters from accross the world to reach Ukraine to defend it
3. Provide Ukraine with real SAM systems like patriots
Thats it, thw war would be over in a week without NATO firing a single bullet.
The idea of bribing Russian soldiers radically underestimates the brutal control exerted by the Kremlin over the Russian people. It also sells the Russian people short, implying individual corruption when many are patriots who oppose war against their Ukrainian cousins but are not able to speak out.
The idea that bringing in freelance freedom fighters is going to end the war "in a week" is facile and ludicrous.
This post is unserious and offtopic.
> without NATO firing a single bullet
"Not technically NATO" but "organized by NATO-member countries" is an exceptionally dangerous line to tread.
The logic is that this war is as close as it gets to 0% approval, and many soldiers arent happy aboit either. If they had a way to avoid killing their 'slavic brothers' that does not lead to being stuck in a gulag, a significan portion would take it. I am not sure how much money theid need, but compared to cost of a war, this is cheap. Kremlim would be bleeding manpower.