Can Ukraine be saved?

The West has a responsibility to do everything for peace to stop the fighting in Ukraine before it becomes another Syria.

Otherwise, even in the unlikely event that Putin would lose power in Russia, as the sanctions may start to decisively hurt him, this is unlikely to happen before the destruction of Ukraine. And while there is a lot of hope that the sanctions would eventually bring Putin to his knees, a couple of vital facts are ignored.

Firstly, the West with one hand sanctions Putin, but with the other hand keeps financing his war by continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia.

The Guardian reports that "as much as $700m (£525m) of oil, gas and other commodities is thought to be bought by the UK, US and EU each day, powering the Russian economy and aiding the Kremlin. Russia accounts for almost 40% of the EU's natural gas imports, with up to 65% in Germany and 100% in some eastern European nations."

Secondly, some other countries with enormous markets, particularly China and India, will not sanction Russia and are even ready to buy goods that Russia cannot now sell to the West.

For example, China now opened its market to Russian wheat that was till now sold to the West and will buy much more gas and oil from Russia too.

"On February 4th, China and Russia signed an agreement declaring the creation of a new world order they described as a 'no limits' partnership that included Beijing's support for Russia's view Ukraine should remain out of NATO," reported ABC.

And Defense News reported – ''India is now gearing to counter the impact of new economic sanctions on Russia by the U.S. and Europe that could hamper armaments and military spares supplies from Moscow. Russia has been the largest arms supplier to India since the early 1970s. Today, 60% of India's military hardware inventory is from Russia."

All these point to Ukraine losing out. The West may be needing to give up the idea that Russia will be forced to stop its assault on Ukraine because of sanctions any time soon.

No matter how unattractive it may seem, would Ukraine not be better off to heed Putin's demands and offer giving up some of its territory to Russia before it gets crushed and may be left without any bargaining chips?