Putin had what he wanted in the first 24 hours of the invasion. Then he got greedy and decided to try to take ALL of Ukraine, including installing his own subservient puppet.
If Putin is now willing to roll back his tanks, and allow the current regime to rule then this is a huge capitulation by Putin.
If I were Zelensky, I would take the deal and live for another day. It’s a fair offer by Putin.
There are no good choices for Zelensky.
If he continues the fight his popularity will remain high but his country be physically destroyed and he may die. It is hard to see an outcome where the Ukraine “wins” in the sense of Russian troops departing before they have destroyed Kyiv and much of the rest of the country.
If he takes a deal his people will ask “why did we fight and incur these losses?”
Leaders get elected to make tough choices. Sometimes the better choice is to live and fight another day.
Oh and do not blame the messenger (Bennett).