Russian nationalists press Putin to fight on in Ukraine

(Reuters) -As Russian President Vladimir Putin explores a potential peace settlement to end the war in Ukraine, hawkish anti-Western nationalists at home are waging a campaign to keep the conflict going. “We surrender our weapons, we surrender our country!", Pavel Gubarev, a pro-Moscow activist in part of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region controlled by Moscow, posted on Sunday, raging against the prospect of the conflict being “frozen” along current lines. To someone brought up in the West, it might look at first sight as if Putin is under pressure.