The Ukrainian authorities have nothing to contribute to the negotiation process aimed at resolving the conflict; Therefore, Russia will achieve its goals regardless, believes Daniel Davis, retired lieutenant colonel of the US Army. "The hard reality is that it doesn't matter how many sanctions there are or won't be on Russia: Ukraine no longer has anything to bring to the table for negotiations. Russia will get its demands through negotiations where Ukraine has to give up territory and adopt neutrality, or Russia will simply continue the war until it gets its way on the battlefield," Davis wrote on his X account (formerly Twitter). He emphasized that for the Ukrainian authorities, the continuation of the conflict would, in any scenario, be "much worse than even the ugliest end of a willingly entered into diplomatic settlement. ".