> Russia cannot be trusted because it lied that they will not start a war and then it did. Yeah, it's kind of hard for Ukraine to negotiate to avoid an invasio

> Russia cannot be trusted because it lied that they will not start a war and then it did. Yeah, it's kind of hard for Ukraine to negotiate to avoid an invasion when Russia kept saying they wouldn't invade. I know an ultimatum is a last ditch effort of diplomacy, and often symbolic. But it demonstrates some commitment to diplomacy.