<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>The proposed fifty-day deadline is not based on military necessity but on moral urgency, urging for serious efforts toward resolution to avoid further loss of lives and destruction.</li><li>The author highlights how leaders of the great powers are akin to magus figures, trapped in their own strategies, unable to foresee the unintended consequences of their actions in the Ukrainian conflict.</li><li>The article emphasizes the need to move away from current narratives and geopolitical analyses, suggesting that both sides are trapped in unproductive stories and the true enemy is the human inclination towards conflict.</li><li>The author calls for immediate action within fifty days to start meaningful negotiations, stressing that wars end not just through defeating an opponent but through a collective decision to seek peace and envision alternatives.</li></ul>

# The Fifty-Day Imperative: On Ending the Ukrainian War

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