Ukraine will reject this
BREAKING: Bloomberg reports that the US presented its initial concrete Ukraine peace plan to European allies in Paris, proposing a ceasefire that allows Russia to retain newly acquired territories while Ukraine abandons its NATO aspirations.
https://x.com/stillgray/status/1913226580975079920
Tell your zElensky that he lost the war and the four regions.
If Russia keeps the territories in Ukraine the invasion then the sanctions should stay in place, and Europe should refuse all oil and gas from Russia and allies going forward. Let Putin decide wherein his best option is here. Another hostile neighbor, and no trade, is probably a worse choice for Vlad the Invader.
Zelensky will have the same choice a year from now as he currently has.
Except thousands more deaths on both sides in between.
Ukraine and the EU are more of a threat to the US than Russia. Open up trade with Russia, they have much of what we need.