An acceptable to Russia offer must include what will be Russian minimums:
1. a neutral Ukraine
2. no foreign forces in Ukrainian-held territory
3. no long-range missiles in Ukraine
4. no nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons technology development by Ukraine
5. Russia, Russian companies and individuals to get their assets (plus a fair return on financial assets) back on a schedule
6. the Russian language to be an official language of Ukraine
7. Russian ethnics and Russian speakers in Ukraine to have Ukrainian legal protection as great as the anti-discrimination protections extended to negroes by the domestic governments of the USA and fully equal Ukraine treaty civilian rights
Ukraine should be given a means of getting its territory back:
Ukraine may schedule and the EU shall conduct plebiscites in the next ten years in areas of Ukraine that were officially part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic but are now under Russian control at the times of Ukrainian or Russian Federation national elections provided these areas are directly adjacent to the Ukrainian front lines as noted in this agreement and a Russian-held area that was officially part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic would not lose paved road access as a result. This clause shall not be operative in an area if partisan activity has been a problem for the Russian Federation in the area in the prior five years.
I suppose a good negotiating strategy is to start by asking for the moon. And that list is Russia asking for the moon.
And what does Ukraine get in return? The promise of a plebiscite within 10 years. Russia will certainly rig that plebiscite. And no particular disrespect meant to Russia there. Rigged voting is common in that region. (And in our own Democrat-run states as well.)
It’s a real mess. If anyone can sort this out, it would be Donald Trump.
Disclaimer: I have no dog in this fight. Because there are no good guys here. It’s a WW1 kind of thing. Arrogant leaders on both sides doing stupid things, and getting many, many people killed.
This is absurd. Russia won it fair and square. Let them keep it.