[pierrem15]

Pure stupidity. Even if it's realistic (and I have always though there would have to be some concessions), it's simply stupid to publicly make concessions before negotiations have even started.

Just another sign that the Ukrainians should take no advice regarding the conduct of war from an American elite that has lost virtually every war it has fought in the past 80 years.

[ansel12]

We have been unmatched on the battlefield, don’t confuse political losing/withdrawals with what is happening to the Russian military in Ukraine.

[Mariner]

“Just another sign that the Ukrainians should take no advice regarding the conduct of war from an American elite that has lost virtually every war it has fought in the past 80 years. “

They can keep their own counsel when they pay their own bills.

Which will be soon, when the US stops paying. Then they can do whatever the hell they want and wish.