Putin is doing what Arafat did in the Clinton era. Make his demands such that peace does NOT happen. The current Russian economy and his personal survival now depend on the continuation of the war.
Zelensky can get off his azz, go on offense and retake his territory from
Ruzzia. That’s an option.
Of course he would have to increase his FORCED Conscription Squads to snatch
Military age men off the streets of Kiev to fill his warm body needs.
That’s why he was noncommittal in his telephone talk with Trump yesterday.
You have that backwards, it is Zelensky who needs the war to stay in power.