russia can just stop shooting and go back to their country and there will be peace. the option has to always be on the table and at some point they will do it, if no other country takes the opportunity to use their weakened state and rushes them, ending the war the other way.

Ukraine peace has been toast since summer 2022. There will be peace in Ukraine when the Russia loses the war. Everything else is just theater necessary in one hand because Germany (and France) wants it, in one hand because, well, Trump.

There was never any interest in peace in Ukraine by Putin. So… it was always toast. No change.