Why Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Cannot Be Cured by a Vote A Legal and Historical Reality Check By Greta Ramelli, Kateryna Kyrychenko, David Griffiths, Clyde Freeman, Anastasia Zaluckyj, Dmytro Panchenko and Rahul Ramesh Introduction A persistent assumption in some policy debates is that concessions of territories under Russia’s occupation will offer a pathway to ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Trump administration has repeatedly supported this thesis. While European officials ha