By all means, let’s abandon Zelensky — until he agrees to a settlement that that will preserve Ukrainian internal self-government without exposing Russia to a neighboring regime run by the Democrat/NATO/EU axis. Right now, Zelensky is in no mood to compromise because he believes that he is on the winning side of the ideological divide.
We walk, NATO walks, when both walk, Zelensky, the corrupt little SOB that he is, will quickly realize he’s not on the divide you describe.