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Zelenskyy could claim the moral high ground by saying that he is not willing to see his whole country pulverised and to hold the whole world's future to ransom for a pyrrhic victory.

He could agree to plebiscites in Eastern Ukraine and let its predominantly Russian rebellious population go their merry ways. He could nod to Russia's already de facto annexation of Crimea as the West would not support him in any attempt to regain it by force because Russia now regards Crimea as part of its own sovereign territory, which NATO will not breach.

Zelenskyy could, as he already indicated his willingness, declare Ukraine's neutrality and undertake not to join Nato.

Putin in turn could save face by saying he retained Crimea and liberated the Russians of Eastern Ukraine.

This way, what is left of Ukraine could still be saved together with the world civilisation. They say that this would also give more time for democracies to get stronger so as to more effectively counter possible future attempts by Russia and Red China to grab further territories by force.

The critics are aware that the dominant Western view now is that yielding territory for peace would be a futile, Chamberlain-like appeasement attempt. But they argue that while the West keeps barracking for the Ukrainians to fight to the bitter end, it is not their lives and not their motherland that get further destroyed with every extra hour that this war lasts.