Everyone wants peace. They want it on their terms though and are often willing to go to war to get those terms. In the Ukraine war, Putin’s goal is restoration of the power and influence of the Soviet Union. Recovering control of Ukraine is essential to that purpose.
Yeah, right! That’s why in March ‘22 he and the Ukrainians negotiated a peace that gave everything but Crimea back to Ukraine. Some Soviet Union. What a media putz!