the dumbest thing Ukraine is doing right now is talking 'we...

the dumbest thing Ukraine is doing right now is talking

'we don't want to occupy Russian territory..'

this is the wrong message to be sending to your own troops

they should be saying

'we will hold it and we will annex it'

while furiously digging trenches and defensive lines within Russian territory

You don't build a negotiating position by starting with

'we don't want it'