Subject: Re: Let’s See If This Pans Out for Putin
Putin can't be trusted to honor a ceasefire agreement. The U.S. can't be trusted to honor a security guarantee. The only logical course for Ukraine is to keep fighting until the Russians realize that they're just not going to ever see the Ukrainians give up, and choose to leave.

Minor quibble. While the US cannot be trusted anymore, that doesn't apply to the rest of NATO. If NATO-country troops are stationed there, it would be seriously unwise for Russia to try to take the rest of Ukraine. Similar to why we have ~30K troops at the DMZ. They wouldn't materially affect an invasion from DPRK, but killing US troops would bring us into the conflict full-force. So they don't do it. Ukraine could demand that NATO be allowed to establish bases in Ukraine as part of a deal.

Personally, I wouldn't favor that. But I'm not Ukrainian, and really have no say in what Zelenskyy is willing to accept. However, it likely would deter Putin from doing a 1938-Czechoslovakia.