>Haven't they considered just stopping?

We don’t have to speculate. They’ve just presented to Ukraine and published their conditions for ceasefire or settlement.

The reaction suggests Ukraine/the West would rather continue. Of course, demands will only increase.

> Really the war started with Euromaidan

Sure it wasn’t when Ukrainian nationalists burned 42 people to death in Odessa?

>regime, pull out

Ah, but Ukraine/the West were given so many opportunities to settle this peacefully. Even the March 2023 settlement (which has been published) was dangerously generous, for said regime. But peace was not on Western leaders’ mind. They wanted something else.

(Preposterous to compare Ukraine/Russia with Afghanistan/US.)