Dialogue & militarization isn't a mutually exclusive choice as in some video game either Ukraine needs to be able to threaten a costly conquest for Russia, as

Dialogue & militarization isn't a mutually exclusive choice as in some video game either Ukraine needs to be able to threaten a costly conquest for Russia, as other countries are showing they won't intervene with their own military. Only when they can demonstrate that cost will there be incentive for dialogue from an attacking force