RE: WAR END3 Apr 2022 23:30
Russia won't use nukes, because they will lose allies.
Ukraine can't agree neutrality to start, because you never accept the first offer. They have to fight, so that russia doesn't get ideas. It's not just about NATO, it's about their self determination. In order to exist as a country that is not totally dominated by Russia, they have to at least make total domination very inconvenient. They agree to neutrality, but they get to keep their independence, whereas if they agreed neutrality to start, Putin would have pushed for more control.