In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Zelenskyy tells Putin to 'be brave' and finally agree to trilateral meeting with Trump, blackdog wrote: Well, that’s a pretty stupid thing to say unless you want talks to fail.
Bingo. Zelensky routinely sabotages peace agreements or meetings. For example, Putin was welcoming peace negotiations and Zelensky responded by invading Kursk. People thought Zelensky was witless for doing that, until some figured out it was intentional. NATO wants WWIII, not peace. They want the US to get directly involved in the war and if Biden were still Potatus, he'd involve our troops.
Either by words or military gestures, Zelensky provokes Putin whenever peace looms. Some of NATO's strategies performed by Zelensky make no sense unless you factor this in. At one point Zelensky said Ukrainian fighter planes would be based in Romania. Putin said any country fielding weapons is therefore a target. So then those planes were going to fly into Ukraine, touch down and take off again to be able to claim they were based in Ukraine. But flying across Ukraine and landing a fighting aircraft so close to the front lines without adequate air support would cause them to be destroyed on the ground. Those F-16's needed pristine runways and Ukraine didn't have any, and couldn't protect any they made. The Ukraine didn't have pilots. They kept coming up with stupid ideas and they only made sense if you look at how Putin reacted to each idea.
I think it's NATO calling the shots - this is NATO's proxy war. NATO wants continuous expansionism (unelected government) and Putin is in their way.