If you listen to General Kellog, it is obvious that Trump is negotiating a lot more than just a cease fire in Ukraine with Russia.
Trump is trying to unwind the very damaging to America's national security alliances that Russia has made with Iran, North Korea and China as a result of the Ukraine war and possibly build a mutually beneficial alliance between the US, Russia and Saudi Arabia that keeps Iran, China and North Korea down and oil up. These are the real bargaining chips in Trumps emerging geo political vision and the status of the Ukraine is just one component of a much larger deal.
Trump is set on unwinding the Ukraine disaster on America's terms and in Americas interests and those of the Ukrainian people and not on the terms of the EU and Democrat carpetbaggers who want to buy up and control the Ukraine's distressed assets they have created for their personal gain.
I think you are correct i was talking to my wife about this very thing. Russia has been selling it’s oil at a discount to India and China and getting a bunch of currency it seems to have trouble converting, which i don’t understand. But it seems they are in a cash crunch. with the USA about ready to come on line as the world’s largest producers of oil that’ll decrease the oil price. All of this seems to put lots of pressure on the Russian economy. The USA needs huge growth to offset inflation, these reciprocal tariffs hopefully open the world markets up so a manufacturing boom occurs. Very clear more war is not the answer as it really only helps China. Less war is good for USA.