Negotiation is apparently out of the question. Pretty crappy way to run a war.
The yankees that run our country appear intransigent. In reality, they are too insecure and do not know how to negotiate anything.
That's because Zelensky refuses to site down to any negotiations whatsoever. He was recently in Turkey, visiting Erdogan. Erdogan offered to host peace summit there, and Zelensky turned him down. He's able to do whatever he wants as long as his country remains in a "state of emergency."