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A new article for The Irish Times by Virginia Tech professor Gerard Toal, titled \u201cUkraine risks being locked into endless war in bid for perfect peace<\/a>,\u201d contains a very interesting paragraph:<\/p>\n Ordinary Ukrainians on the front lines are divided on a ceasefire and negotiations. My Ukrainian colleague Karina Korostelina and I surveyed the attitudes of both residents and displaced persons in three Ukrainian cities close to the southeast battlefields this summer. Almost half agreed it was imperative to seek a ceasefire to stop Russians killing Ukraine\u2019s young men. Slightly more supported negotiations with Russia on a complete ceasefire, with a quarter totally against and a fifth declaring themselves neutral. Respondents were torn when considering whether saving lives or territorial unity were more important to them. Those most touched by the war, namely the internally displaced, were more likely to prioritise saving lives. Other research reveals that those farthest from the battlefields have the most hawkish attitudes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the third from the last paragraph in the article, whose overall content cannot be remotely construed as sympathetic toward Moscow, but it\u2019s very important information.<\/p>\n \u201cThose most touched by the war, namely the internally displaced, were more likely to prioritise saving lives. Other research reveals that those farthest from the battlefields have the most hawkish attitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n Those two simple sentences sum up so much of the attitude we are seeing toward this war, and it applies as much to those cheerleading continual escalation and bloodshed from the comfort of their homes on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n