Originally Posted by
uxb99
A very humane suggestion. Mine would be to hit them hard with the aim of destroying them. No sense being squeamish, I doubt the Russians would if situation were reversed.
The relative restraint that Ukraine has managed to retain in the face of grotesque aggression by Putin has resulted in enhanced stature in the eyes of the world that is providing them support in their hour of need. That is something that Putin fails to comprehend, it is not in the Russian psyche to be humane in their treatment of their own people, let alone those friends on the adjacent countries that they attack with monotonous regularity. Ukraine is facing in part, troops that didn't ask for what is happening, have no desire to be there, and would prefer to be anywhere else, above ground. Accepting their surrender and disarmament would be a good outcome for the press-ganged troops, and unfortunate conscripted troops, particularly if they can be detained under protective custody pending their repatriation, should they wish to go back to the Death Star.