Another Western newspaper writes about the "German" version of the end of the war - the cessation of fighting on the front line, after which - the quick acceptance of Ukraine into NATO.
Earlier, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica wrote about it, and today BILD columnist Mark Oliver Ruhle wrote about it.
Commenting on an article in an Italian newspaper, he recalled the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that "the only way to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine is to guarantee the military power of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to convince Putin that he will not win on the battlefield."
According to Rüle, these words "do not contradict the plan of partition and immediate membership in NATO."
The BILD columnist reminds that after the Second World War, Germany was divided in a similar way, when western Germany joined NATO and eastern Germany joined the Warsaw Pact. And this situation remained until 1990.
It should be noted that a similar option "we leave the captured part of Ukraine to Russia, and accept the remaining part into NATO" will, in fact, mean a "combat draw" when none of the warring parties has achieved the main declared goals of the war (exit to the borders of 1991 for Kyiv and the neutral status of Ukraine for Moscow).
However, neither Ukraine nor Russia has yet confirmed their readiness to agree to such peace terms.
Can the position change? Theoretically yes.
If each of the parties comes to the conclusion that the situation at the front is in a deep impasse and NATO will not directly intervene in the war. And Russia, moreover, will also come to the conclusion that time is working in its favor (as well as China) in the confrontation with the West, despite the fact that the continuation of the war carries high risks. Therefore, it makes sense to leave it under the conditions of maintaining control over the captured territories, but without the condition that Ukraine does not join NATO. And then seek to change the rules of the game in world politics by non-military methods.
Moreover, Ukraine's membership in NATO will largely prevent the renewal of war - Russia is unlikely to attack a member of the Alliance, and Ukraine is unlikely to be allowed to start a war with the Russian Federation for the liberation of territories by NATO allies due to the threat of a nuclear collision.
But, let's repeat, there are still no serious signals about the readiness of Kyiv, Moscow and the leading countries of the West for this option of ending the war.
