Should Russia retract its territorial claims, retreat its armies, and recognize Ukrainian independence and sovereignty?

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The European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement was initialed in 2012. After prime minister Victor Yanukovych refused to sign the agreement, the Euromaidan uprising ousted him, culminating in Ukraine's w:Revolution of Dignity. Russia then in 2014 launched the w:War in Donbas and w:Annexation of Crimea. For primary sources on the Russia Ukraine war see s:Russia Ukraine war. After the Minsk agreements failed to deter, Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. For the converse question, Should Ukraine surrender to Russia in 2022?

Russia should retract its territorial claims, retreat its armies, and recognize Ukrainian independence and sovereignty.

Pro

• Pro the Ukrainian people a have a right to national self-determination in their homeland, they have decisively chosen association with Europe, and Russia has no good reason aggressively invade and absorb this independent State.

Con

• Con Russia should invade and seize as much territory as possible in order to "Make Russia Great Again". Russians should keep fighting, regardless of the mass loss of human life and potential, and despite the vast expenditure of wealth, until the Ukrainians die or surrender to Russian sovereignty.
  • Objection This line of thinking implicitly assumes a "might makes right" doctrine, which has been criticized as inhumane and barbaric.