Europes peace problem: Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2025

Dominic Green is correct to point out that the Europeans need to do more to help Ukraine on their own continent (“The Kids’ Table,” PostOpinion, Dec.8).But describing the proposed peace plan to end the war as “a triple win for the Europeans” is absurd.

How does removing sanctions on Russia make it less of a threat to Europe?This plan is nothing more than another “reward for terror.”Daniel KuncioTribecaHow does Europe win by rewarding an aggressor nation and having little deterrence against future conflict? Europe is slow to contain Russia.But Ukrainians have had promises of protection before.In 1994, they relinquished their nuclear arsenal in return for security guarantees from the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia.

How did that work out?Ukraine shouldn’t concede an inch of territory without a NATO membership guarantee.Larry SylvesterActon, OntarioGreen writes that Europe “would rather risk war on Putin’s terms than peace on Trump’s.”After the fall of France in 1940, the British were willing to continue the war on Winston Churchill’s terms rather than accept a peace on Adolf Hitler’s terms.This cost countless lives and the war continued for five more years.Given that the United Nations Charter prohibits the acquisition of land by force, there is much to be said for not allowing a Security Council member to directly violate that principle.Bruce CouchmanToronto, OntarioThe big dealmaker’s benighted perspective on this war is getting in the way of formulating a peace plan that honors Ukrainian sovereignty.Meanwhile, Czar Putin is staying with Lenin’s dictum that “if you encounter mush, proceed.”James HylandBeechhurstThe peace deal is simple: Crimea and the four oblasts are Russian.

Ukraine is to remain neutral with a reduced military, no NATO country troops present, and a de-Nazification of some sort.Russia would follow that deal.If Ukraine does not accept, Russia might take Odessa, advance to the Dnieper River, and de...