What Zelenskyy does NOT understand, is that Russia is holding virtually the cards in this bloody deadly serious game, and while the effort is sapping most of the Russian Federation’s economic strength, Putin still has a lot more warm bodies, resources and time to spend/waste than Ukraine.
Stop the shooting, take a breath, start cleaning up the debris, meet the needs of the wounded, and bury the dead. Whatever the sacrifices, get back to the business of living.
The cards that Russia is holding has become a house of cards. The Russian economy is collapsing. No, I do not mean overnight, but it is hard to see how Putin can continue for another year. Russia is also taking unsustainable casualties. The Russian population is not unlimited. And what you and Putin do not seem to understand is that the Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. Do not think that it only Zelensky. It is the entire nation.