Sir, – The article ‘Russo-Ukraine War: An Alternative Pathway to Peace’ [113/2, p. 175] requires a comment from closer to the front line, away from relative peace in Western Europe. It is of course true that to give up or not to start a fight in the first place, what is basically recommended, is an alternative. Still, the string of smaller countries bordering Russia, with few exceptions, are not too enthusiastic about such an alternative. First, the objective in Ukraine is not peace. The ‘peace narrative’ was spread already during the Cold War by Soviet sympathising and financed left-wing, now…
