Idk typically when I’m trying to make up with my wife or w.e. I don’t precede that with a punch in the mouth, usually it’s ’let’s talk about it’
When making peace, we tend to see deescalation not the opposite.
That's an analogy which just doesn't work for a myriad of reasons. You and your wife love each other (I guess?!) and are generally on good terms. I would also assume that you haven't had disputes which escalated into massive violence...
Maybe the analogy works along the following lines: Girl is in an unhappy marriage with a violent drunkard who beats her regularly. She's an uppity little bitch, though, and has always thought she could do better and never truly respected her husband. At some point, she starts aggressively flirting with some other dude, so her husband beats her into the hospital. She files for divorce, her husband rejects and threatens to beat her up even worse. At this point, her new guy steps in and punches her husband in the face so that he lets her go.
Idk, still a bad analogy, w/e....
Okay, those are hilarious and unserious demands. I'm not quite sure if these demands are intended as a maximalist starting position for negotiations, or as an outright "fuck off"-proposal. Still silly to think that going "okay, fine, we give up our demand for reparations, but as a quid pro quo for this massive concession, you will allow us to join NATO" would ever work. Giving up demands is only a meaningful compromise if the demands were remotely realistic. Kinda reminds me of this idea that Ukraine would take Kursk and then demand that Russia swaps it for the Ukrainian territories...
In any case, Ukraine is at the total mercy of the West. If they act up or reject a reasonable compromise, we have the tools to get them in line real quick. Finding the leverage to get Russia to settle for such a reasonable compromise is the much more difficult and tricky part.