Best course for Ukraine may be to go back under Russian jurisdiction at this point. That would be a diplomatic face plant for Brandon. Klain may be frontrunning the narrative that Z-man is comped to try to stop the bleeding if it happens. Watching Z-man the last couple of weeks, it seems to me to be in the cards. What advantage is EU/NATO for him and his country at this point?
This could be Afghanistan fallout. A case has been made that Brandon diddled in AFG to time everything for the 911 20th anniversary so he could spike the football. That possibility has to be part of the reckoning, namely, Brandon may sell the people you've been elected to protect down the river for a political advantage when push comes to shove.
France, Germany, Russia and the Ukraine hashed all this out on their own in Normandy. Reports saying new German Chancellor Scholz wouldn't take Brandon's calls. Poso even tweeted that Brandon didn't know the meetings were going on when he, allegedly, spazzed on the call to Z-man. Could be the EU suits realize to have a seat at a bargaining table that will garner favorable results for Europe as a whole, you have to show there's daylight between your country and Brandon.