Russian settlement

Is common sense going to prevail. French President Macron, who has consistently pushed for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine, visited the White House and President Biden suggested he may be open to talks with Putin. The US should push Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to agree to a settlement to end this war. Ukraine could agree to give up the Russian speaking parts of the country that have already voted to secede and join NATO. Russia will agree to end its aggression and the war will stop. Future aid to Ukraine will come from the US and Europe and the money will be used to rebuild the country. Putin gained some territory but it caused Finland and Sweden to join NATO. His stated purpose for going into Ukraine was to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. This all back fired and now he has two countries Finland and Ukraine with long borders on Russia. This will open up Russian natural gas imports to Europe and get them through the winter. By next winter they will be using US natural gas. The world has seen the ineffectiveness of the Russian military and Russia has lost 100,000 soldiers. Putin will think twice before invading again. The US can use the $100 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets as a bargaining tool.