Such kinds of empty posturing have convinced 2022 Noble Peace Prize recipient Oleksandra Matviichuk that peace can only arrive in Eastern Europe when long-range ballistic missiles start exploding deep in Russian territory. “Russia has never been punished, and that is why Russia believes they can do whatever they want,” the human rights lawyer told the Washington Examiner during an interview in Washington... She has seen the worst of the conflict, speaking with survivors and former captives who gave horrifying testimony to the dehumanization experienced in Russian custody. “I interviewed hundreds of people who survived Russian captivity,” Matviichuk said. “They told me how they were beaten, raped, smashed into wooden boxes, their fingers were cut, their legs fractured.” “Russia is assaulting Ukrainian civil society by targeting civilian infrastructure with strikes launched more than 100 miles from the border,” Matviichuk recently explained in an op-ed for Newsweek. “To block these attacks and protect innocent civilians … we need permission to launch strategic, cross-border strikes on military targets to diminish Russia’s ability to kill Ukrainians.”