It appears that within a few days time Ukraine President Volodymyr_Zelenskyy will face an agonizing, high-pressure choice.
When Russian troops are outside his rubble-strewn, bullet-ridden compound and demanding his surrender, should he do so or should he go down like William Holden and Ernest Borgnine at the end of The Wild Bunch?
The latter is the more romantic choice but not the most constructive. I hope he chooses the path of survival — of continuing the fight even under the conditions of capture and possible humiliation. As difficult as it might seem within the mindset of a strong and defiant leader, living to fight another day is the only sensible, practical choice.