that sounds like Ukraine is not open to negotiations, but you suggested that it is Russia who isn't. did you mean to write Ukraine there, or what? AFAIK, Russia has been open to negotiations from the beginning, and it is USNato that has been driving Ukraine away from the negotiations table. is this not the case?

ACK on fears about post-agreement situation. I doubt they're any different from a post-war situation, so I have trouble making sense of the reasoning behind that stance. care to elaborate?