WAR BE DONE BY GIVING UP EAST UKRAINE--

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO STOP THE ESCALATING WAR BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA. ANY OFFER OF CEASEFIRE SHOULD NOT BE SHRUGGED OFF BY PUTIN OF THERE WILL BE MORE DEVASTATION THAN BEFORE. ANY OFFER OF HOPE TO STOP THIS WAR SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN WITH A BRUISED EGO.

WHY IS ZELENSKY FIGHTING HIS TERRITORY DEPENDING ON US? SANCTIONS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO DETER RUSSIA'S WAR'S ADVANCES ALONE. RESOLVING THIS CONFLICT VERY SOON WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO BOTH NATIONS AT BATTLE. THE WORLD ECONOMY WOULD SPRING BACK AS WE KNOW IT DETERRING FUELING RUNAWAY INFLATION.

THIS YEAR THE COLA WAS RAISED BY AROUND 5% BUT INFLATION IS COSTING EVERYONE MORE--EVEN DOUBLE IN SOME CASES. ALL COUNTRIES ARE TIED BY ONE ANOTHER AND ARE INTERDEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER. THE REFUGEES PULL APART ECONOMIES WITH HIGH COSTS TO THE HOST COUNTRY. JUST WHEN THINGS ARE BAD, THEY ARE GETTING WORSE WITH NO ANSWERS. AND TOO, THE PANDEMIC TIME IS NOT OVER THAT ALSO IS A STRAIN ON ECONOMIES ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

ANY CHANCE OF A PEACEFUL END TO THIS CONFLICT IS GREAT NEWS-- THE UKRAINIANS HAVE TO TAKE THIS OFFER AND GIVE UP SOME EASTERN TERRITORY TO RUSSIAS WISH. IT IS A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN PEACE TALKS AND THE REALIZATION OF ENDING WAR. DRAGGING IN OTHER COUNTRIES' ARTILLERY DOES MORE DESTRUCTION THAN GOOD. TAKE A CHANCE ON A PEACE TREATY.