At that point, lots of people didn't believe Russia was going to go ahead with it, and just thought it was a game of chicken between major powers.
That amounts to a "Please de-escalate this" stance.
Ukrainians will be the judge of what it amounts to.
Ask some of us, see what we tell you.
You people have colonialism burned into your bones, you won't see it if it spat into your eye.
«Jeremy Corbyn just wanted the victims of 8-year illegal war of aggression to de-escalate»