Perhaps the only viable option currently available to Ukraine at this point.
Putin may have other options, including waiting for the increasingly probable collapse of Ukraine Resistance and over running a defenseless Ukraine.
Pretty sure Putin had no desire for over running Ukraine going into this and not sure he feels it's wise thing to do even now.
But irresponsible comments like Biden's Ukraine enters NATO immediately after the war ends comments are not helpful given that Putin went to war to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO.
Especially when the Russians are well placed to defeat Ukraine absent direct US/NATO intervention with NATO forces in direct combat with Russia.
Why would Russia agree to limited peace terms after a year of heavy conflict to prevent Ukraine's membership in NATO when they are winning even after the US has transferred over 30% of pre Ukrainian War stockpiles of weapons and NATO has burned through an even greater percentage of their much smaller stockpiles of war reserves.
They are winning by not losing and why in the world would they go through all of this just to lose the objective that started the war- preventing NATO membership.
The utter lack of any diplomacy or diplomatic leadership in working towards an ceasefire is stunning and the only conclusion one can draw is that NATO wants this conflict to drag on indefinitely.
But NATO simply does not have the means to support the protracted conflict they seem to want so badly. The NATO strategy of bleeding Russia seems to be backfiring in a big way. NATO is the one bleeding to death, not Russia
The fact they we have burned through at least a third of the US war reserves intended to supply TWO simultaneous wars in less than a year to get so little results is stunning. And the US and NATO are exposed as lacking the industrial base and economic strength to replenish our stockpiles in any militarily meaningful time frame. Certainly not soon enough to impact the conflict in Ukraine. The sad fact is we are running down while Russia is mobilizing for the long haul.
If either side thinks it will soon achieve a complete victory, a cease fire is impossible. Obviously, neither Trump nor DeSantis think this as both think a cease fire is possible.
If we thought Russia would eventually win, our position should be similar to China’s, to have Russia weaken itself as much as possible in this war to diminish its influence in either Europe or Asia after the war. Our position should also be to strengthen our next line of defense and to isolate Russia in the world economically and politically.
You, on the other had, are confident that Russia, which was defeated in Afghanistan, will beat Ukraine. And, that Russia, which then collapsed and lost the Cold War, will be able to survive in a renewed Cold War.
Hope springs eternal.