Does Just War teaching, which calls for a probability of success, require Ukraine to submit to terms favorable to Russia?
This Providence article and this First Things article say yes.
But Just War teaching does not ask for an outnumbered nation under attack automatically to surrender or agree to highly unfavorable terms.
There are other considerations besides the size of contending forces. Larger nations do not automatically prevail against smaller nations. The latter are often better organized, better equipped, better led, more motivated, more unified, are wealthier per capita, have geographic advantages or better allies.
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