> Ukraine should prioritize making peaceful relationships

Ok, let's steel man this thing. Russia is not going to be peaceful regardless of your idealism - this isn't a disputable fact. Now, how does Ukraine "prioritize making peaceful relationships?"

Specifically, what concrete actions should Ukraine take to prevent violent incursion by an outside actor? No word salad: if you are the benevolent dictator of Ukraine today, what do you do? Counting on third parties to "shun" is out, it's not an effective option (and it arguably already happened with sanctions, but still.)

> Deterrence did not stop a single human life being murdered in any of the current conflicts.

What would Ukraine look like absent any donated war materiel from third parties? Why does Russia not own Kiev in that scenario?